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WHEREBY    120   WORDS   PER    MINUTE    CAN    BE    STRUCK   OEE 

BY  AN  0%DIi^ARY  AND  300  WORDS  PER  MINUTE 

BY    AN    EX-PERT  TYPEWRITER. 


A  SYSTEM,  WHICH  FROM  ITS  NUMEROUS  DECIDED  ADVANTAGES 
OVER  ALL  KNOWN  TREATISES  ON  PHONO  AND  STENOGRAPHY, 
WILL  ENTIRELY  DISPENSE  WITH  THE  USE  OF  THESE  SYSTEMS 
IN  THE  TELEGRAPH  OFFICE  AND  COUNTING  ROOM  WHERE 
TYPEWRITING  MACHINES  HAVE  BEEN  IN  USE.  IT  IS  ESPECIALLY 
INVALUABLE  FOR   THE  PRINTING  TELEGRAPH. 


The  principles  of  the  system  can  be  learned  in  a  few  hours,  and  sufficient  speed  acquired  ii 

the  time  required  to  manipulate  with  speed  an  ordinary  typewriting  machine. 

The  system  can  be  adopted  to  any  first-class  typewriting  machine. 


Second  Improved  Edition. 


BY  RFC.  T>.  A.    QUINN. 

Providence,  R.  I.:    The  Continental  Printing  Co. 

Dyer  and  Pine  Streets. 

L895. 


COPYRIGHTED,    1895, 

BY     REV.    D.    A.    QUINN, 

ST.  MARIA   HOME. 

PROVIDENCE,    R.    I. 


n 


PREFACE. 


THE  AUTHOR 

•  does  not  by  the  title  page  mean  to  insinuate  that  Stenotypy  will 
supersede  Phonography  in  all  its  adaptations.  On  the  contrary,  he 
wishes  to  state  that  the  system  can  be  used  only  in  connection  with 
typewriting  machines. 

While  the  pen  and  pencil  are  more  portable,  it  will  be  seen  at 
once  that  Phonography  is  available  in  various  departments  where  it 
would  be  inconvenient  or  impossible  to  use  machines. 

However,  the  Author  makes  bold  to  assert  that  wherever  a 
typewriter  is  available,  Stenotypy  has  decided  advantages  over  all 
other  shorthand  systems.  Whenever  a  typewriter  shall  be  invented 
that  can  easily  be  carried  in  the  pocket  (we  hope  to  see  it  soon  in  the 
market),  indeed,  phono  and  stenography  will  be  universally  discarded 
as  obsolete  and  unworthy  of  a  progressive  age. 

A  few  of  the  advantages  of  Stenotypy  are  noted  on  the  next  two 
pages. 


*Lest  anyone  should  consider  this  system  constructed  on  a  superficial  basis,  the  Author  begs  to  state  that 
being  thoroughly  acquainted,  for  several  years,  with  Pitman's,  Munson's,  Graham's,  and  Odell's  systems  oi 
phono  and  stenography,  ho  has  thoroughly  investigated  the  difficulties  ami  advantages  ol   Stenotypy,  and  i- 

pleased  to  Btate  that  if  the  few  rules  giveu  in  the  following  treatise  are  strictly  observed,  there  will  he  no  con- 
fusion of  words  or  sentences,  while  the  reading  of  the  abbreviated  word-  will  lie  a  pleasure  rather  than  an 
onerous  task. 

In  cases  where  all  the  word  signs  of  the  alphabet  are  not  attached  to  any  particular  machine,  the  operator 
must  use  the  usual  phonetic  mode  of  spelling. 


Advantages 


to 


OF  STENOTYPY. 


i.  The  system  can  be  learned  in  a  few  hours,  and  requires  no  more  practice  than 
is  generally  devoted  to  acquire  speed  in  ordinary  type-writing. 

2.  Stenotypy  is  exceedingly  more  legible  than  any  system  of  phonography  or 
shorthand.  In  Pitman's,  Graham's,  Barnes',  Pernin's,  and  all  other  less  popular 
systems,  one  sign  is  made  to  represent  two,  and  sometimes  three  letters.  For  instance  : 
To  write  the  words  catholic,  character,  queen,  king,  only  one  sign  for  the  initial  letter 
of  each  of  these  letters  is  phonographically  given.  X  and  Q_are  left  out  in  all  phono- 
graphic systems.  Every  reporter  knows  how  difficult  it  is  to  designate  by  heavy  and 
light  strokes,  or  half  or  double  length  st  okes,  P,  T  ;  F,  V  ;  CH,  J  ;  K,  G  ;  S,  Z,  &c. 

<n  In  Stenotypy  all  the  letters  of  the  Alphabet  (soft  and  hard,  long  or  short),  may  be  used, 
£J  thereby  rendering  the  reading  less  difficult.  It  is  very  easy  for  a  shorthand  writer  to 
>-  dash  off  eighty  or  ioo  words  per  minute  ;  but  it  often  requires  years  of  practice  to  read 
<  what  has  been  so  quickly  written.  Stenotypy  is  especially  adapted  for  facile  reading, 
S5     besides  being  adapted  to  a  speed  far  greater  than  phonography  could  ever  attain. 

3.  It  must  be  remembered  that  Stenotypy  has  all  the  advantages  of  phonography, 
^     besides  it  expresses  words  and  sounds  by  their  proper  letters,  just  as  they  are  printed  in 

a  book  or  newspaper.      Ksrss  ;   cstion,  of  Pitman  style,  are  not  as  legible  as  the  abbrevi- 
ated form  of  Stenotypy:    xrcs  ;    qstion,  meaning  exercise,  question.     In  all  systems  of 
-a     shorthand  the  exact  positions  of  signs  above,  tipon  and  below  the  line  ;  also,  perpendicu- 
lar  and    horizontal   positions,   and   half  and  double  length   lines    must    be    carefully 
expressed  lest  the  reading  should  be  rendered  impossible.     Oftentimes  life  and  property 
£     have  been  jeopardized  by  the  mistaking  of  a  half  for  -a  full  or  a  double  stroke  ;    or  a 
j2     sign  on  for  a  sign  above  or  below  the  line.     Stenotypy  can  have  no  letter  out  of  posi- 
tion ;  a  single  tap  of  the  key  defines  the  character  of  each  letter. 

4.  Stenotypy  dispenses  with  Pitman's  awkward  use  of  heavy  and  light  strokes 
and  triple  positions,  as  also  Pernin's  small,  large  and  larger  circles  and  loops  for  vowels, 


4521.'?  2 


and  lines  and  divisions  of  lines  for  consonants.  As  a  shorthand  writer  of  thirty  years 
experience,  the  Author  found  more  difficulty  in  finding  out  the  position  and  length  of 
lines  or  curves  than  to  guess  the  words  in  their  non-vowel  form.  In  rapid  writing  it  is 
almost  impossible  to  guide  a  pen  or  pencil  so  that  it  will  distinctly  mark  vertical,  oblique 
and  horizontal  half  or  full  lines  or  curves.  Yet,  the  reading,  as  every  reporter  knows, 
depends  on  the  size  and  position.  With  the  typewriter,  there  is  no  such  difficulty.  In 
most  cases  it  is  easier  to  read  exercises  in  Stenotypy  than  sentences  spelled  in  their  full 
or  othographic  entirety.     Stenotypy  is  a  boon  to  all  aspiring  David  Copperfields. 

;;.     While  the  phonographic  manuscript  can  be  read  only  by  the  writer  or  reporter 
himself,  Stenotvpv,  being  based  on  the  letters  of  the  Alphabet  (firmly  attached  to  the' 
machine,)  can  be  read  at  any  time  by  anyone  who  understands  the  language. 

6.  Whilst  scarcely  one  out  of  a  hundred  ever  acquires  sufficient  speed  in  phonogra- 
phy, t'ne  practice  of  Stenotypy  is  a  pleasant  exercise,  easily  learned,  and  great  speed 
can  be  acquired  by  anyone  of  ordinary  ability. 

-.  Frequently,  the  most  learned  persons  are  sorry  penmen.  In  Stenotypy 
nervous  and  awkward  persons  are  often  the  fastest  typewriters.  It  may,  at  once,  be 
understood  that  anyone  who  is  expert  at  the  typewriter,  will  have  no  difficulty 
whatever  in  becoming  a  speedy  Stenotypist. 

S.  Stenotvpv  dispenses  with  the  use  of  text  and  exercise  books,  and  saves  the 
time  (averaging  from  six  to  twelve  months)  necessary  to  acquire  proficiency  in  short- 
hand, besides  the  expenses  of  a  teacher. 

9.  As  no  pen  wielded  by  a  human  hand  can  compete  in  speed  with  an  ordinary 
typewriter,  for  the  same  reason  can  no  reporter  or  penman  write  as  fast  as  a  Steno- 
typist.     Stenotypy  is  simply  shorthand  operated  by  a  typewriter. 


STENOTYPY  AND    THE  PRINTING    TELEGRAPH. 

10.  Of  the  numerous  departments  in  which  stenotypy  can  be  utilized,  perhaps, 
telegraphy  is  the  most  important.  At  present  telegraph  operators  have  adopted  an 
abbreviated  code  for  transmitting  words.  It  is  founded  on  phonetics,  but  is  not 
governed  by  any  rule.  An  illustration  will  best  describe  it.  An  operator  in  Washing- 
ton, transmitting  a  spe<  ial  dispatch  to  an  operator  in  New  York,  clicks  off'  the  follow- 
ing:— 


Desines  _  prepard  a1  1  buro  ■>  eng  .<  ptg 
for  new  Issue  o  5  dol  slvr  ctfs  1  <lr\\";s  hvg  bn 
tarnished  by  Blashfleld.  On  1  face  <>  these 
•-.I  i)  >ii  Intricate  traceries  &  envgs  as  i<> 
drier  t  most  drg  fin  even  atmptg  o>  counterfeit 
•  in.  1  pvailg  tone  bg  sh  r  gra. 

The  expert  typewriter  "  receiver  "  turns  oul 
this  translation  "f  the  jargon  : 


Designs  are  being  prepared  at  the  Bureau  of 
Engraving  and  Printing  for  a  new  issue  of  $5 
silver  certificates.  The  drawings  having  been 
furnished  by  Blashfleld.  On  the  face  of  these 
miles  will  he  such  intricate  traceries  and  en- 
gravings as  to  deter  the  most  daring  from  even 
attempting  to  counterfeit  them,  the  prevailing 
lone  being  a  silver  gray. 


In  the  foregoing  abbreviated  form  there  arc  200  letters  and  52  word  spacings,  while 
in  the  translation  there  are  2S0  letters  and  52  word  spaces  ;  so  that  So  letters  are  saved  by 
the  telegraph  code.  Now,  in  writing  the  above  extract  according  to  the  rules  of  Steno- 
typy,  we  find  that  instead  of  80,  we  save  130  letters  and  43  space  taps,  or  a  net  saving 
of  1 73  taps  on  the  transmitter,  whilst  the  reading  is  immenselv  facilitated.  Every 
character  of  Stenotypy  is  founded  on  phonetic  principles.  Prefixes,  affixes  and  word 
characters  are  clearly  represented,  and  on  account  of  the  frequency  of  capital  letters, 
,  the  attention  of  the  eye  is  more  easily  arrested.  In  order  to  fully  comprehend  the  prin- 
ciples of  Stenotypy,  and  thoroughly  understand  the  key  that  unravels  all  its  apparent 
difficulties,  only  the  Alphabet,  or  two  pages  of  the  booklet  has  to  be  memorized.  The 
grammalogues,  and  arbitrary  signs  used  are  fewer  than  those  used  by  Pittman,  Graham. 
Pernin,  &c. 

The  Author  feels  confident,  that  after  two  weeks'  study,  any  ordinary  student  can 
read  all  the  exercises  in  the  present  volume. 

The  following  is  the  above  telegraph   message  written  according  to   Stenotypy  : 

dsInsRb,  ;  prdT'bUi'OFngrv,  &prnt,  4<fcnUi)UF5$s  lvr  crtfk 
8s'drw,H,bn  frn)dB  Bl)  f  Id.  N'f9F(s  n@sLBs#  ntrk8trs3s&ngr 
v,Z2dtrfmst  dAr,  frmEvn   tmpt.2  2ft   (mf;  vl,  tOmb,  &slvr  grA. 

Indeed,  any  one  capable  of  judging  of  the  merits  of  Stenotypy  must  admit  that 
there  is  not  in  existence  a  more  efficient,  and  at  the  same  time  a  shorter  and  simpler 
treatise  on  shorthand  than  the  present  little  volume. 


"For  those  who  have  neither  the  time  nor  aptitude  to  learn  any  of  the  complicated  shorthand  systems  In 
vogue,  your  Invention  is  invaluable.  For  legibility  and  rapidity  it  is  infinitely  preferable  to  any  of  the  known 
systems."— Bt.  Rev.  N.  C.  Matz,  Bishop  of  Denver,  Col.,  Feb.  5,  1S95. 


TO 


ALPHABET  AND  KEY 


TO  STENOTYPY. 


CAPITALS.  GRAMMALOGUES.  SUFFIXES 

B  be,  by,  but. 

C  say,  see,  sea. 

D  day,  die,  do. 

F  if,  of,  off. 

G  God,  go,  age.  -age. 

H  he,  have,  him. 

J  Jesus,  jew.  -ness-ship. 

K  can,  no,  know.      (Kt  can't.) 

L  Lord,  all,  will. 

M  "lay,  me,  my,  am. 

N  in,  on,  under.      (N-  only.) 

P  up,  upon,  people. 

Q  queen,  quack,  quick.  -head-hood. 

R  arc,  or,  our,  Mr.      (Rss  Messrs  Rs  ours.) 

S  she,  shall,  so. 

T  that,  it,  out. 

U  you,  ye. 

V  very,  every,  over,  ever. 

W  we,  who,  was,  with.      (W-  wholly.) 

X  Christ.      (Xn  christian.)  _oxy# 

Y  they,  thee,  thy,  thou.      (Yn  thine.) 
Z  as,  is,  us.    (Ze  use.) 

$  ch,  dollar,  each,  church, 

i  th 

)  sh 


ALPHABET  AND  KEY 


CONTINUED. 


CAPITALS. 

PREFIXES. 

SUFF1 

2 

contra,  contri,  contro,  counter. 

3 

enter,  inter,  intro,  intru. 

-try-ary-ory. 

4 

magna,  magne,  magni. 

-fore-dom. 

5 

trans. 

-ive-ife-ful. 

6 

accom,  accum,  accoun. 

-ion-sion-self. 

7 

encom,  incon,  encoun,  incog. 

-able-ible-ment. 

8 

recom,  recog. 

-ate-ity-tude. 

9 

retra,  retre,  retri,  retro. 

-ace-acy-ice. 

% 

circum.  (per  cent.) 

-ony-mony. 

# 

hypo,  hyper,    (number.) 

-ember-gress. 

/ 

after,  afore. 

-ake-ike-oke. 

& 

(  a,  an,  and,  one.      (&c.  once, 
(  cm&7  commandment.) 
(comma  over  the  line)  the. 

-and. 

* 

(comma  on  line) 

-ing-s. 

- 

(dash) 

-ly-less. 

(colon) 

-us-ous-ious. 

@ 

at. 

-ite-ote-ute. 

> 

com,  con,  cor.    . 
pri,  pre,  pro,  pru. 

— 

-ward-part. 

cent-s. 

-ant-ent. 

c     catholic, 

character.                              (with  space 

to  right  and  left.) 

d  doctor. 

n  nothwithstanding,  nevertheless. 

o  circumstance,  world. 

p  particular,  peculiar. 

x  extra,  extraordinary. 


GRAMMALOGUES,  PREFIXES,  AFFIXES, 

FIGURES,  ETC. 


Grammalogues  may  be  used  to  form  the  part  of  the  words  they  phonographically 
express,  as  "4t7  meaning  comfortable";  4G,  meaning  "foregoing";  \vndr5-  won- 
derfully ;  rt-J  artfulness.  Grammalogues  that  take  s  to  form  their  plural  require  a 
space  after  the  s,  but  no  space  before  the  grammalogues,  'housWRs  ntl  ystrD ; 
meaning  "  the  house  was  ours  until  yesterday."     (Note  space  between  Rs  and  ntl.) 

If  we  except  the  small  letters,  c,  n,  o,  p,  x,  and  initial  capital  letters  of  proper 
names  and  prefixes,  it  may  be  taken  as  a  rule  without  an  exception,  that  wherever  a 
grammalogue,  suffix,  punctuation  mark  or  figure,  used  as  an  abbreviation  as  also  a 
vowel,  occurs,  there  will  be  no  space  before  or  after  such  character. 

The  punctuation  marks  "  ;  .  ?  retain  their  normal  use.  The  semi-colon  (  ;)  and  in- 
verted commas  (")  when  used  for  punctuation,  have  a  space  to  the  left ;  when  used 
as  prefixes,  there  is  no  space. 


EXPLANATORY. 


The  chief  impediment  to  fast  typewriting  is  the  frequent  use  of  the  spacer  or  space 
kev,  which  requires  a  tap  of  the  finger  just  like  a  letter  of  the  alphabet,  and  is  conse- 
quently very  tedious  where  words  of  one  syllable  occur.     The  system  of  stenotypy  is 
d  on  the  principal  of  elimination,  or  getting  rid  of  space  whenever  this  economy 
-  not  cause  confusion  in  the  reading  of  the  subject  matter.     Accordingly  the  author 
has  found    it  expedient  to  group,  under  the   headings  of  grammalogues,  prefixes  and 
suffixes,  the  words  of  most  frequent  use  in  the  language,  especially  those  words  and 
suffixes  difficult  to  be  read  without  vowels.     It  must  be  carefully  borne  in  mind  that 
wherever  a  grammalogue,  figure,  stop,  suffix  or  capital  vowel  occurs,  there  must  be  no 
space  either  before  or  after  the  next  letter.     All  these  when  used  as  abbreviations,  as 
vowels  indicate  space  (or  the  end  of  a  word)  as  readily  as  a  blank  which  requires 
the  tap  of    a  spacer.     Prefixes  must  have  one  space  to  the  left,  except  the  inverted 
commas,  and  semi-colon,  which  have  no  space  to  the  left  or  right. 


VOWELS,    ETC. 


The  capital  vowels  when  used  retain  their  long  sounds  :  A,  in  alms,  ale,  all  ;  E,  in 
''  '  I  '•  '"  "  r  and  oil  ;  (),  in  ode,  U,  in  pure,  food.  The  dipthongs  oi,  ou,  00,  au,  are 
expressed  1»\  small  vowels.     There  must  be  no  space  before  or  after  capital  vowels. 


10 


The  small  or  short  vowels,  a.  e,  i,  o,  u,  are  seldom  used  in  words  of  more  than  one 
syllable  and  never  when  silent.  Each  of  the  small  short  vowels  is  expressed  in  the 
words  :  pat,  pet,  pit,  pot,  put. 

The  sound  of  each  word  is  expressed,  as  in  short  hand  systems,  either  phonetically 
or  stenographically,  either  way  being  adopted  inasmuch  as  it  facilitates  the  reading  of 
the  exercise. 

All  consonants,  vowels,  and  figures,  such  as  B,  C,  I,  K,  T,  2,  4,  S,  etc.,  stand  for 
the  words  they  phonetically  express,  C  for  see  or  sea,  I  for  eye  or  I,  T  for  tea,  2  for  too 
or  two,  8  for  ate  or  eight,  etc.  IOU&$&&hlf  means  I  owe  you  a  dollar  and  a  half. 
No  regard  need  be  paid  to  orthographic  or  correct  spelling,  only  such  words  as  may  be 
considered  indispensably  necessary  to  give  the  sound  of  the  word,  must  be  expressed. 
As  in  all  phonographic  systems,  each  word  expressed  by  consonants,  must  be  guessed 
by  supplying  vowels,  or  from  its  position  in  the  context.  The  reader,  after  a  little 
practice,  will  find  no  difficulty  in  making  out  the  words  expressed  by  their  consonants, 
as  bsk,  bbl,  bkm,  drk,  meaning  bask  or  busk,  became  or  become,  dark  or  dirk. 
The  context  will  readily  suggest  the  word  that  is  meant. 

When  it  is  necessary  to  prefix  a  capital  letter  to  a  word,  the  capital  is  prefixed  to 
the  word  with  a  space  before  it  as  r@2  Jms&  Ptr,  "  write  to  James  and  Peter." 


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EXERCISES  ON  THE 

GRAMMALOGUES,   PREFIXES,  SUFFIXES,   FIGURES  AND  STOPS. 


B  Bst&.  BBDntC  (rZNy(,2BCn  wr(yFnt9. 

Be  standing  by,  but  do  not  say  there  is  anything  to  be  seen  worthy  of  notice. 
C  HWhsCn'  Mdtrnn  hsCn'lrgstFCs. 

He  who  has  seen  the  Mediterranean  has  seen  the  largest  of  seas. 
D  ddNy&Cwn  Grg  ddFpplxy? 

Did  anyone  say  when  George  died  of  apoplexy? 
F  Drn$  (s  brn$FOkF'trEFUR7BcsTZrtn. 

Do  wrench  this  branch  of  oak  off  the  tree,  if  you  are  able,  because  it  is  rotten. 
G  IILG2$&prA2GWlvs  mnNVG. 

He  will  go  to  church  and  pray  to  God  who  loves  man  in  every  age. 
H  J         HLntHHprA2jbksH\V&J. 

He  will  not  have  him  pray  to  Jesus  because  he  was  a  Jew. 
H  J         FHHtrUGldJHwd  wrJG. 

If  he  have  true  godliness  he  would  worship  God. 
K  'hpJF'blsdNhvnKmnKK. 

The  happiness  of  the  blessed  in  heaven  no  man  can  know. 
L  'LLhrLWprAzH. 

The  Lord  will  hear  all  who  pray  to  him. 
M  UMbr.MM$r4IMtrdFwlk,. 

You  may  bring  me  my  chair,  for  I  am  tired  of  walking. 
N  EMN&ngn-stt6N'tpF(s  hi. 

I  am  in  an  ungainly  situation  on  the  top  of  this  hill. 
P  Nv(5  'P2cm&pA(r  dUsB^TLBzlS. 

Invite  the  people  to  come  and  pay  their  dues  before  it  will  be  too  late. 
Q  'QWtndd,QWQ:rmvd4slvnJFwrkmnJ. 

The    quack   who    attended    the    queen  was  quickly  removed    for    slovenness  of 
win  kmanship. 
R  i  rR5oR&hndrdFRmnN,mpl7FR  JOns. 

There  are  fifty  or  a  hundred  of  our  men  in  the  employment  of  Mr.  Jones. 
S  SSnt  DSsn. 

She  shall  nol  die  so  soon. 
T  TprtFTZTF'qst6. 

Th.it  pari  of  it  is  out  of  the  (|uestion. 
U  UwrLrdmdB'bldFJXRL&svr. 

i  were  all  redeemed  by  the  blood  of  Jesus  Christ,  our  Lord  and  Saviour. 


V  Vmn  smsVgtl  ntlUfndTyr  mst/. 

Every  man  seems  very  good  until  you  find  out  your  mistake. 
W  W  LsstSn-W  (sWRvrt :. 

We  will  associate  only  with  those  who  are  virtuous. 
X  XWN  x  prsn  n  'htrdF'Js. 

Christ  was  an  extraordinary  person,  notwithstanding  the  hatred  of  the  Jews. 

Y  WwrLrdmdBYOXfrYmrcyZbyndUmn  nlG. 

We  were  all    redeemed   by  Thee,  O  Christ,  for  thy  mercy  is    beyond  human 
knowledge. 
Z  YLBdnNr(ZTZNhvn. 

Thy  will  be  done  on  earth  as  it  is  in  heaven. 
$  $ldJ&01dGR'2xtrmsFl5. 

Childhood  and  old  age  are  the  two  extremes  of  life. 
(  I(tIWG,2Ps  (rU'gS. 

I  thought  I  was  going  to  pass  through  the  gate. 
)  ')pWsbmrgd. 

The  ship  was  submerged, 
i  IH2ls. 

I  have  two  eyes. 

2  I  Hxmnd  hs2ls&fndYwr2lng  nglktd. 

I  have  examined  his  two  eyes  and  find  they  were  too  long  neglected. 

3  m3cn3mm3. 

Marry,  country,  memory. 

4  (r4k,4. 
Therefore,  kingdom. 

5  bn5str5. 
Baneful,  strife. 

6  Hl5sN'mn6H6. 

He  lives  in  the  mansion  himself. 

7  ncp7Fmpr\T7. 
Incapable  of  improvement. 

8  'prShs  n(r  prbSm^tS. 

The  pirate  has  neither  probity  nor  fortitude, 
g  TZEsy2dtkt  pIi^N'srfoTo. 

It  is  easy  to  detect  piracy  on  the  surface  of  ice. 
o  IOU&$&&hlf. 

&  &boy&&mn  gv$&$. 

A  boy  and  a  man  gave  each  a  dollar. 

(comma  over  the  line)      'mn&'wmn.      The  man  and  the  woman. 

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,  (comma  on  the  line)     'mnZsns-NhsNt /,. 

The  man  is  senseless  in  his  undertaking. 
:  (colon)      TW&glr  :  Dfr'crc  :. 

It  was  a  glorious  day  for  the  circus. 

(dash)      nh-lw-J. 
Unholy  lawlessness. 

wr@&n@N&mn@. 
Write  a  note  in  a  minute. 
#  rm#  ;#@LtIms. 

Remember  progress  at  all  times. 
%  TZsi%3$rg6%- 

It  is  simony  to  charge  six  per  cent. 

Gbk 2m . 

Go  backward  to  impart. 
/  t/$mnl/H. 

Take  each  man  like  him. 
$  TZplsc2KThs  rs^vst  cstB$50(j'. 

It  is  pleasant  to  know  that  his  recent  visit  cost  but  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents. 

n  '  x  cs  F(s  p  cAsWL  n  Nt/T. 
Notwithstanding  the  extraordinary  circumstances  of  this  particular  case,  we  will 
nevertheless,  undertake  it. 


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PREFIXES. 


It  must  be  borne  in  mind,  that,  unlike  the  Affixes  and  Grammalogues,  (which 
require  no  space  before  or  after),  the  prefixes  herein  inserted  must  have  a  space  pre- 
ceding, except  the  inverted  commas  and  semi-colon  which  have  no  space. 

Thus  IMG, 2  zdktU.  I  am  going  to  contradict  you.  The  figure  2  is  utilized  to 
express  contra.,  contri,  contro,  counter.  But  it  must  be  observed  there  is  a  space 
between  the  two  twos.  This  rule  must  be  observed  in  all  cases  where  prefixes  are  used, 
except  in  cases  where  the  semi-colon  (  ;)  and  inverted  commas  (")  are  used,  which 
have  no  space  except  when  used  as  punctuation  marks. 


2  contra,  contri,  contro,  counter.     H  2m&s'rdr.      He  countermands  the  order. 

3  enter,  inter,  intro,  intru.      IL  3dsU.     I  will  introduce  you. 

4  magna,  magne,  magni.      TZ  4fsC.     It  is  magnificent. 

5  trans.     H  5ISS  Lvy.     He  translates  Livy. 

6  accom,  accum,  accoun.     TZEsy2  6pl).     It  is  easy  to  accomplish. 

7  encom,  incon,  encoun,  incog.     TZV  7vEn(J>.     It  is  very  inconvenient. 

8  recoun,  recog.     H  SnlzdM.     He  recognized  me. 
g  retra,  retre,  retri,  retro.     TL  9V.     It  will  retrieve. 

%  circum.     'cptn  %nvgSs.     The  captain  circumnavigates. 

4£  hypo,  hyper.     'mnZ  z^krtkl.     The  man  is  hypocritical. 

/  after,  afore.     HcAm  / s.     He  came  afterwards. 

"  H"&sM2r@.     He  commands  me  to  write. 

;  HZ&  ;d<|!  ;sd<t\      He  is  a  prudent  president. 


READING  EXERCISES 

IN   STENOTYPY. 


The  Lord's  Prayer. 


Rf  (rWRtNhvn  hlwdBYnmYk,  4  cmYLBdnNr(ZTZNhvn  g5Z(sDRD-brd&4g5 
ZRtrspsZW4g5(s\Vtrsps  gnstZ&lEdZntN2tmpt6BdlvrZfrm  vl.  Mn. 

Our  Father  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  thy  name,  thy  kingdom  come,  thy  will 
be  done  on  earth  as  it  is  in  heaven  ;  give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread  and  forgive  us  our 
trespasses,  as  we  forgive  those  who  trespass  against  us,  and  lead  us  not  into  temptation 
but  deliver  us  from  evil.     Amen. 

The  Lord's  Prayer  written  in  full  requires  that  the  letter  keys  and  spacer  be  struck  2S3  times ; 
whilst  according  to  Stenotypy  only  116  taps  are  necessary. 

The  following  extracts  will  immediately  represent  to  the  eye  the  advantages  of  Stenotypy 
over  ordinary  typewriting. 


From  Addison's  "Tattler." 

I$nsd2rIsVr-&  p  mrn,  (  s  smr&t/&wlkN2'cn32,dvrtM6mng'fld 
s&mdws  wl'grnWnw&'flwrsNblm.  ZT(s  sEsnF'yrVlAnZ&  bUt5wlk& 
Vhdg5FnsgsIlstM6W&gr8dlFpl)r  mng  svrl  (kts&b)sTwr  fldW& 
gr8vr8Fbrds&Ngr7cnf6FnOts  w$4md'pls^st  sEnN'  o  2&Whd  psd 
&w01   wntrNnois&smk. 

I  chanced  to  rise  very  early  one  particular  morning  this  summer,  and  took  a  walk 
into  the  country  to  divert  myself  among  the  fields  and  meadows  while  the  green  was 
new,  and  the  (lowers  in  bloom.     As  at  this  season  of  the   year  every  lane  is  a  beautiful 

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walk  and  every  hedge  full  of  nosegays,  I  lost  myself  with  a  great  deal  of  pleasure  among 
several  thickets  and  bushes,  that  were  filled  with  a  variety  of  birds  and  an  agreeable 
confusion  of  notes,  which  formed  the  pleasantest  scene  in  the  world  to  me,  who  had 
passed  a  whole  winter  in  noise  and  smoke. 

n(,mr5-tsts'Utl8F)rt&r@t,  (n'rpd8Ww$Ths  grwnN2Ze  dr 
,'pst  fUyrs.  50  yrsG&sk  Id  )r  t&r&trWrAr&'r  tWlkdPZ&sr  tF 
ms3&S4md7Ftn7Z2dtrLB'mst   cr g: frm  tempt,  2f(mTs   ms3s. 

Nothing  more  fully  attests  the  utility  of  shorthand  writing  than  the  rapidity  with 
which  it  has  grown  into  use  during  the  past  few  years.  Fifty  years  ago  a  skilled  short- 
hand writer  was  rare,  and  the  art  was  looked  upon  as  a  sort  of  mystery,  and  so  formid- 
able of  attainment  as  to  deter  all  but  the  most  courageous  from  attempting  to  fathom  its 
mysteries. 

To  write  the  latter  extract,  the  keys  and  spacer  of  a  typewriting  machine  must  be  struck  150 
times  according  to  Stenotype ;  and  344  times  according  to  the  ordinary  method.  To  write  the  same 
according  to  Pitman's  phonography,  221  motions  of  the  hand  or  pen  are  required;  Munson's 
system  195,  and  Graham's  193.  In  the  above  extract,  Stenotypy  has  a  gain  of  67  motions  over 
Pitman's  phonography,  41  over  Munson's  and  39  over  Graham's.  The  gain  of  Stenotypy  is  there- 
fore a  mathematical  fact. 


From   "The  Guardian." 


'-(rZKvrtUStr-gr8&Gl/Zjst9.     mstF'(r  vr  tsR'vr  tsFcr  t8d 
B,  R  68d2RntrZWRmn.        j s t9ZTW$Zpr tk9dBGH6&2Bpr tk9dNTs 
prfk6BnnBH.      ZTBpr  fk-  j  s  tZNtrb(5 F'dvn  ntr  2BS2'tms  tFRbl8s 
Z'gl3Fmn.        wn&n6&c   IssTs    r  grd4  j  s  t9wnYDnt   lkPTZsm(, 
vnr7&nvl7wnNyF(m  dAr2;  sm21sn    frntRtrfy    (swH'ds  trb6FT 
N(r   h&s   wn&jdgZcp7FB,  nf  lnsdBny(,  BlwR&causMB  8nddBny(, 
TZ4n2Ts   wn  mr  tsWMvntr2;  nns  Ts$&n6Zhs  tn,  2Ts    rUn.       4 
(s   rsn'bst    lw  TVpsdNRDZTw$"tnsRj  dgsN(r   psts   dr,(r    gd 
bhvrWTlv,  (m2,mrcyFs$WNil  tms  mtBNndUnf  lnsV(m   trbl&prvrt 
'crsFj  s  t9. 

There  is  no  virtue  so  truly  great  and  God-like  as  justice.      Most  of  the  other  virtues 
are  the  virtues  of  created  beings  or  accommodated  to  our  nature  as  we  are  men.  Justice 


is  that  which  is  practiced  by  God  himself,  and  to  be  practiced  in  its  perfection  by  none 
but  him.  As  to  be  perfectly  just  is  an  attribute  of  the  divine  nature  to  be  so  to  the 
utmost  of  our  abilities,  is  the  glory  of  man.  When  a  nation  once  loses  its  regard  for 
justice  ;  when  they  do  not  look  upon  it  as  something  venerable  and  inviolable  ;  when 
any  of  them  dare  to  presume  to  lessen,  affront  or  terrify  those  who  have  the  distribution 
of  it  in  their  hands  ;  when  a  judge  is  capable  of  being  influenced  by  anything  but  law, 
or  a  cause  may  be  recommended  by  anything  that  is  foreign  to  its  own  merits,  we  may 
venture  to  pronounce  that  such  a  nation  is  hastening  to  its  ruin.  For  this  reason  the 
best  law  that  has  ever  passed  in  our  day  is  that  which  continues  our  judges  in  their 
posts  during  their  good  behavior,  without  leaving  them  to  the  mercy  of  such,  who  in  ill 
times,  might  by  an  undue  influence  over  them  trouble  and  pervert  the  course  of  justice. 


From   "  Genesis." — Chapter  I. 

N'  bgn,  Gcr8d    hvn&r(.  &'  r  (WWT4m&void&drk  JWP'  f9F*  dp. 
&' sprtFGmvdP'  f9F' wtrs&Gsd   It   (rBl@&(rWl@.      &Gsw'  1©TT 
Wgd&Gdvdd'  l@frm'drkJ.        &Gcld'  1  tD&' drk  JHcld  nit.        &' 
vn,  &'mrn,  wr'frstD.     &Gsd   It   (rB&f  rm7N'mds  tF'wtrs  .      &Gmd' 
frm7&dvdd'wtrs   w$  wrN'f  rm7  f  rm'wtrs   w|wr  bv'  frm7&TWS.      & 
Gcld'frm7hvn.      &'vn,  &'mrn,  wr'skndD.      &Gsd   It'wtrsNhvnB 
g(rd2g(rN2&pls&lt'dry    l&pr&TWS.        &Gcld'dry l&r (&'g(r, 
2g(rF'wtrsHcldCs&GswTTWgd.     &Gsd   lt'r(  br,4(  grs'hrb  yld, 
sEd&'frt  trE  yld,  frt  f trTs  kndWs  sdZNT6P'r (&TWS.    &'r(  brt 
4(   grs&hrb  yld.sd  ftrTs   knd&'trEy Id,  frtWs    sEdWNT6  ftrTs 
knd&GswTTWgd.     &'vn,  &'mrn,  wr'(rdD.     &Gsdlt   (rBl tsN'f rm7F 
hvn2dvd'Dfrm'nt&lt   (mB4s  Ins&4ssns&4Ds&yrs.       &lt   (m 
B4l  tsN' f  rm7Fhvn2g5 1  tP'r  (&TWS.      &Gmd2gr8l  ts'gr  8 r    1  t2r  1 
'D&'lsr  lt2rl'ntHmd'strsLS.   &Gs  t  (mP'f  rm7Fhvn2g51  tP'r  (&2rU 
10vr'D&vr'nt&2dvd'lt  f  rm'drk  J&GswTTWgd.  &'vn,  &'mrn,  wr'4(D. 
&Gsd  lt'wtrs  br,  4(  bnd^-  'mv,  cr  trs  TH15&'fwlTMAf-bv'r  (  N'Opn 
frm7Fhvn.    &Gcr8d  grSwhls&Vlv,  crtrTmv(  wfwtrs  brt4(  bnd 
^-ftr(r  knd&Vw.d  fwl  f  trTs  knd&GswTTWgd.    &'vn,  &'mrn,  wr'5( 

iS 


D.      &Gsd   ltZm/mnNRmG&ftrRlkJ&ltHHdmn6V'f)F'C&V'fwlF'Ar 
&V,ctl&VL'r(&VVcrp,  (  ,  TcrpC  PY(.        &Gblsd   (m&sdBfrt5&ml  t 
p-&rpln)'r(&sbdUT&Hdmn8V'f')F'C&V'fwlF'Ar&VVlv,  (  ,  Tmv(P'r). 

In  the  beginning  God  created  heaven  and  earth  ;  and  the  earth  was  without  form 
and  void,  and  darkness  was  upon  the  face  of  the  deep.  And  th*  spirit  of  God  moved 
upon  the  face  of  the  waters.  And  God  said,  let  there  be  light  and  there  was  light. 
And  God  saw  the  light  that  it  was  good,  and  God  divided  the  light  from  the  darkness. 
And  God  called  the  light  day  ;  and  the  darkness  He  called  night.  And  the  eveningand 
the  morning  were  the  first  day.  And  God  said  let  there  be  a  firmament  in  the  midst  of 
the  waters.  And  God  made  the  firmament  and  divided  the  waters  which  were  under 
the  firmament  from  the  waters  which  were  above  the  firmament,  and  it  was  so.  And 
God  called  the  firmament  heaven.  And  the  evening  and  the  morning  were  the  second 
day.  Ana  God  said,  let  the  waters  under  heaven  be  gathered  together  unto  one  place, 
and  let  dry  land  appear,  and  it  was  so.  And  God  called  the  dry  land  earth,  and  the 
gathering  together  of  the  waters  He  called  seas,  and  God  saw  that  it  was  good.  And 
God  said,  let  the  earth  bring  forth  grass,  the  herb  yielding  seed,  and  the  fruit  tree  yield- 
ing fruit  after  its  kind,  whose  seed  is  in  itself  upon  the  earth,  and  it  was  so.  And  the 
earth  brought  forth  grass,  and  herb  yielding  seed  after  its  kind,  and  the  tree  yielding 
fruit  after  its  kind  whose  seed  was  in  itself,  after  its  kind  upon  the  earth  ;  and  God  saw 
that  it  was  good.  And  the  evening  and  the  morning  were  the  third  day.  And  God 
said,  let  there  be  lights  in  the  firmament  of  heaven  to  divide  the  day  from  the  night,  and 
let  them  be  for  signs  and  for  seasons,  and  for  days  and  years.  And  let  them  be  for 
lights  in  the  firmament  of  heaven  to  give  light  upon  the  earth,  and  it  was  so.  And  God 
made  two  great  lights,  the  greater  light  to  rule  the  day  and  the  lesser  light  to  rule  the 
night;  He  made  the  stars  also.  And  God  set  them  upon  the  firmament  of  heaven,  to 
give  light  upon  the  earth.  And  to  rule  over  the  day  and  over  the  night  and  to  divide 
the  light  from  the  darkness,  and  God  saw  that  it  was  good.  And  the  evening  and  the 
morning  were  the  fourth  day.  And  God  said,  let  the  waters  bring  forth  abundantly  the 
moving  creatures  that  have  life,  and  fowl  that  may  fly  above  the  earth  in  the  open  firm- 
ament of  heaven.  And  God  created  great  whales  and  every  living  creature  that  moveth 
which  the  waters  brought  forth  abundantly  after  their  kind,  and  every  winged  fowl 
after  its  kind,  and  God  saw  that  it  was  good.  And  the  evening  and  the  morning  were 
the  fifth  day.  And  God  said,  let  us  make  man  in  our  image  and  after  our  likeness,  and 
let  him  have  dominion  over  the  fishes  of  the  sea,  and  over  the  fowl  of  the  air,  and  over 
the  cattle,  and  over  all  the  earth  and  over  every  creeping  thing  upon  the  earth.  And 
God  blessed  them  and  said,  be  fruitful  and  multiply,  and  replenish  the  earth  and  subdue 
it,  and  have  dominion  over  the  fish  of  the  sea,  and  over  the  fowl  of  the  air,  and  over 
every  living  thing  that  moveth  upon  the  earth. 

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Rich  and  Rare  Were 

trAr   wr'gmsSwOr 
&&br  '  gld  r,  Nhr   w&SbOr 

BOhr   bUtyWfr   bOnd 

hr   sprk  1,  gms&snOwl  t  W&. 

ldy   dstYnt    fEr2strA 
(rU(s    lOn&blEk   wA? 
R  Ems    snsSgUdRScld 
Znt2BtmtdBwmnRgld? 


Rich  and  rare  were  the  gems  she  wore, 
And  a  bright  gold  ring  on    her    wand    she 

bore  : 
But  O  her  beauty  was  far  beyond 
Her  sparkling  gems  and  snow  white  wand. 

Lady,  dost  thou  not  fear  to  stray 
Through  this  lone  and  bleak  way? 
Are  Erin's  sons  so  good  or  so  cold 
As  not  to  be  tempted  by  women  or  gold? 


the  Qems  She  Wore. — Moore. 

Sr    n<§  I.fEl   nt/lEst    lrm 
KsnF  ErnLOfrMArm 
4L(0Ylv  wmn&gldn  stOr 
sr   nd'Ylv  hnr&vrtUmr. 


NSwe&hr   mdns    smll 

Nsfty    l@d  hr    rnd'grEnll 

&blst4VWSWrld 

N  Erns   Onr&   Erns   prid. 

Sir  Knight,  I  feel  not  the  least  alarm, 

Xo  son  of  Erin  will  offer  me  harm  ; 

For,  although  they  love  women  and  golden 

store, 
Sir  Knight  they  love  honor  and  virtue  more. 

On  she  went,  and  her  maiden's  smile 
In  safety  alighted  her  around  the  green  Isle, 
And  blest  forever  was  she  who  relied 
On  Erin's  honor  and  Erin's  pride. 


1  hey   Know   Not 

YKntMhrtWblv  (rKB 
&stA.nF(s  r(NTs  fl,s4Y 
W(nk  wlICYNbUtys  yng  hr 
ZpUrZ'mrn,  frst  dUN'flwr 
led  hrm  wtllvZ'sns  wen  rA 
BsmlsN'dUdrp2ws  tTwA. 

They   know    not    my    heart,     who    believe 

there  can  he- 
One  Btain  of  this  earth    in  its  feelings  for 

th(  I 
Who  think,  while  I   see  thee  in  beauty's 

young  houi . 


My   Heart. — Moore. 

Kbm,  Wl@Z(s  yng   fEtrsR 
(rZ&l©rndYhrt  w$Zlvlr    fr 
TZntTSEkTZ'sOl   dwn,  clEr 
(rUTs    nqbl)   m/sYbUtySdr 
Z'skyWlkP2(0glr:&fAr 
ZlkdP2,mrBcAs   hvnZ(r. 

As  pure  as  the  morning's  first  dew  on   the 

flower, 
I   could   harm   what   I   love — as    the    sun's 

wanton  ray 
But  smiles    on   the    dewdrop    to    waste  it 

away  ! 


No — beaming   with  light  as   those    young  Through    its    innocent    blush    makes    thy 

features  are,  beauty  so  dear — 

There's  a  light  round  thy  heart  which  is  As  the  sky  we  look  up  to,  though  glorious 

lovelier  far  ;  and  fair, 

It  is  not  that  cheek — 'tis  the  soul  dawning  Is  looked   up  to  the  more,  because  heaven 

clear  is  there  ! — Moore. 


Mb@ZN')ORMbrkZN'C 

BB4IG  TmMOr  hErZ&dbl  hl(2Y 

hErZ&s  14  (sWlvM&&smI  14  (sW 

h8 
&wtVskyZbvMhErZ&hrt4Vf8. 


My  boat  is  on  the  shore, 

My  bark  is  on  the  sea, 
But  before  I  go,  Tom  Moore, 

Here's  a  double  health  to  thee. 

Here's  a  sigh  for  those  who  love  me, 
And  a  smile  for  those  who  hate, 

And  whatever  sky  is  above  me, 

Here's  a  heart  for  every  fate. — Byron. 


In  no  system  of  shorthand  invented  by  man  could  the  above  extract  be  written  more  legibly 
and  in  less  characters.  While  no  word  signs  are  used  that  are  not  authorized  by  standard  pho- 
nography, it  requires  but  90  taps  in  Stenotypy  against  220  taps  or  motions  of  the  hand  when 
written  in  full. 


/ESOP'S    FABLES. 


The  Miller,  His  Son,  and  Their  Ass. 

Amlr&hs    sn  wr   drv,  (rAs2&nbr,  fAr2slH.      Yhd  nt   gn    fr 
wnYmtW&trpFwmn  clktd  rnd&wl   tlk.&lf,.       Ik    (r  crd&F(m  dd 
UVCs$   f  10s2Btrg,  Ing'rdNf  t  wnYmt   rid?     'ldran  hr,(s  qk-md 
hs    sn  mnt'As&  "tnd2wlk    lng  mr-Bhs    s@.       ;  snt-YcmP2&grpF 
Id  mnNrnst  db8.       (r   sd&T   ;vs   wtlWC,  .       wt   rspktZ)n2 
ldGN(sDs?      DUCTldl    Id  rd,wl   hs    Id   f(r   hs2wlk?      gt  dwnU 
yng  skpgr9&l  t'ld  mn  rst  hs    w31ms.      P(s'ld  mn  m8hs  sn  dsmt 
&gtPH6.      N(s  mnrYhd  nt   ;  cdd   fr  wnYmt&  "pnyFwmn&$ldrn. 


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wIU19y01d   flOcrd  svrl    tngsT&c  hw  cnUr@P'bst  wITpr    ltl 
Id   (rKhr-kp  p9B's@FU?     'gdn8rd   mlr    md8-tkPhs    snBhndH. 
Yhd  nwLmst  r$d'twn.      ;hnst    frnd  sd&ctznZTAsUrOn?     ys   sd 
'Id   mn    O&wld    ntH(tSsd'(rB'wAUldH.      wlU2f  10sRbtr72c3'pr 
bst  (nHU.      &(,  2plsUsd'ld  mnWcnB3.      Sail  t,  Whs  snYtld'lgsF' 
As2g(r&B'hlpF&plNdvrd2c3HN(r    )ldrsV&brg  nr'ntrnsF'twn. 
(s   3tn,  S^br«",PNcrds2lfTT.      'As   nt   lk.'nois    nr'strng&l, 
THW%jkt2brk'crdsTbndH&tml,F'pl    flN2'wtr.      P(s'ld  mn  vxd 
&)md  m@'bstFhs   wAOm    gn    "vncdTBNdvr , 2plsVbdyHhd    plsd 
Kbdy&lst  hsAsN2'brgn. 


A  miller  and  his  son  were  driving  their  Ass  to  a  neighboring  fair  to  sell  him.  They 
had  not  gone  far  when  they  met  with  a  troop  of  women,  collected  round  a  well,  talk- 
ing and  laughing.  "  Look  there,"  cried  one  of  them,  "  did  you  ever  see  such  fellows,  to 
he  trudging  along  the  road  on  foot,  when  they  might  ride?"  The  old  man  hearing  this 
quicklv  made  his  son  mount  the  Ass,  and  continued  to  walk  along  merrily  by  his  side. 
Presentlv  they  came  up  to  a  group  of  old  men  in  earnest  debate.  "There,"  said  one  of 
them,  "it  proves  what  I  was  saying  What  respect  is  shown  to  old  age  in  these  days? 
Do  you  see  that  idle  lad  riding,  while  his  old  father  has  to  walk?  Get  down,  you 
young  scapegrace,  and  let  the  old  man  rest  his  weary  limbs."  Upon  this  the  old  man 
made  his  son  dismount,  and  got  up  himself.  In  this  manner  they  had  not  proceeded 
far  when  they  met  a  company  of  women  and  children  :  "  Why,  you  lazy  old  fellow," 
cried  several  tongues  at  once,  "  how  can  you  ride  upon  the  beast,  while  that  poor  little 
lad  there  can  hardly  keep  pace  by  the  side  of  you?"  The  good-natured  miller  immedi- 
ately took  up  his  son  behind  him.     They  had  now  almost  reached  the  town. 

"  Pray,  honest  friend,"  said  a  citizen,  "  Is  that  Ass  your  own?  "  "  Yes,"  says  the 
old  man.  "  O,  one  would  not  have  thought  so,"  said  the  other,  "  by  the  way  you  load 
him.  Whs.  you  two  fellows  are  better  able  to  carry  the  poor  beast  than  he  you." 
•■  Anything  to  please  you,"  said  the  old  man  ;  "  we  can  but  try."  So,  alighting  with 
his  son,  they  tied  the  legs  of  the  Ass  together,  and  by  the  help  of  a  pole  endeavored  to 
carry  him  on  their  shoulders  over  a  bridge  near  the  entrance  of  the  town.  This  enter- 
taining sight  brought  the  people  in  crowds  to  laugh  at  it.  The  Ass,  not  liking  the 
■  i  the  Btrange  handling  that  he  was  subject  to,  broke  the  cords  that  bound  him, 
and,  tumbling  off  the  pole,  fell  into  the  water.  Upon  this,  the  old  man,  vexed  and 
ashamed,  made  the  best  of  his  way  home  again,  convinced  that  by  endeavoring  to  please 
everybody  he  had  pleased  nobody,  and  lost  his  Ass  into  the  bargain. 


The  Father  and   His  Sons. 

Af(r    hd&fm-FsnsWwr   prpt-qr  1 ,  mng(m6s.      wnHfld2hl    (r 
dsp@sBhs    xrt.6sHdtrmnd2g5(m&prctkl    Is  tr6F'vlsFdsn6&4  (s 
prpsH&Dtld  (m2br,  H&bndlFstks.      wnYhd  dnSHpl9d'f  gtN2'h&sF 
$F(m&rdrd   (m2brk TNpcs .      Y$trdWL(r  strn(&wr  nt72DT.      Hnxt 
unclsd'f  gt&tk'stks    spr8-&B&&gn  pt   (mN2(r  h&sNw  Ybrk   (m 
Es-.      H(n  drsd  (mN(s  wrds.       MsnsFURF&mnd&Un&2ss  t$o(r  UL 
BZ(s    fgtBFURdvdd  mngUr6sULBbrknZEs-Z(s   stks. 

A  father  had  a  family  of  sons  who  were  perpetually  quarreling  among  themselves. 
When  he  failed  to  heal  their  disputes  by  his  exhortations,  he  determined  to  give  them  a 
practical  illustration  of  the  evils  of  disunion  ;  and  for  this  purpose  he  one  day  told  them 
to  bring  him  a  bundle  of  sticks.  When  they  had  done  so,  he  placed  the  faggot  into  the 
hands  of  each  of  them  in  succession,  and  ordered  them  to  break  it  in  pieces.  They 
each  tried  with  all  their  strength,  and  were  not  able  to  do  it.  He  next  unclosed  the 
faggot,  and  took  the  sticks  separately,  one  by  one,  and  again  put  them  into  their  hands, 
on  which  they  broke  them  easily.  He  then  addressed  them  in  these  words:  "My 
sons,  if  you  are  of  one  mind,  and  unite  to  assist  each  other,  you  will  be  as  this  faggot, 
uninjured  by  all  the  attempts  of  your  enemies  ;  but  if  you  are  divided  among  yourselves, 
you  will  be  broken  as  easily  as  these  sticks." 


The  Dog  in  the  Manger. 

Adg  lAN&mngr&Bhs  grwl,  &snp,  ;  v^d'xn  frmEt,  'hAw$  hd  bn 
pl9d-4(m.  wt&6)  dg  sd&F(m2hs  "pnSsHcntEt'hAHe&y t  rfss2lw 
(sWK. 

A  Dog  lay  in  a  manger,  and  by  his  growling  and  snapping  prevented  the  oxen  from 
eating  the  hay  which  had  been  placed  for  them.  "  What  a  selfish  Dog  !  "  said  one  of 
them  to  his  companions  ;  "  he  cannot  eat  the  hay  himself,  and  yet  refuses  to  allow  those 
to  eat  who  can." 


The  Wolf  in   Sheep's  Clothing. 

&sP&tIm&wlf   rslvd2dsg9hs    n8rBhs   hbtTSHmt   gt  fdWTst 
NcsdN'sknF&)p  HpstrdW'flkBgl,  ')prdBhs  rtf9.       NVn,HW)tP 


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B*)prdN*fUrg8Wclsd&'ntrns  m8(r-skr.       '  )prd   cm,  N2'fld  dr,  'nt2 
;  v^fcU,mrOcautP,wlfNstdF&)p&kldHWhs  nfN'fld.     hrm  sEk  hrm  fnd. 

Once  upon  a  time  a  Wolf  resolved  to  disguise  his  nature  by  his  habit,  that  so  he 
might  get  food  without  stint.  Encased  in  the  skin  of  a  sheep,  he  pastured  with  the 
Bock,  beguiling  the  shepherd  by  his  artifice.  In  the  evening  he  was  shut  up  by  the 
shepherd  in  the  fold  ;  the  gate  was  closed,  and  the  entrance  made  thoroughly  secure. 
The  shepherd  coming  into  the  fold  during  the  night  to  provide  food  for  the  morrow, 
caught  up  the  Wolf,  instead  of  a  sheep,  and  killed  him  with  his  knife  in  the  fold. 

Harm  seek,  harm  find. 


The  Lion   in   Love. 


AliNdm&d'dtrF&wdctrNmrG.       'f(r  nL,2gr^&yt  frd2rfshs 
rqst  htP(s   xpd^2rdH8Fhs  mprtnts.      Hxprsd  hsL,  j2cptHZ' 
sUtrFhs   dtrN&"d6TH)d   lwH2xtrkt  hs    t(&ctFhs    clwsZhs 
dtrWfr  f-frdFb(.      '1  iN$r  f-s^d2';  ps  1   wn  hvrHnxt   rptd  hs 
rqs  t'wdmnKlngr    frd  s  tPHWhs    clb&drvHwAN2'4s  t. 

A  Lion  demanded  the  daughter  of  a  wood-cutter  in  marriage.  The  father,  unwil- 
ling to  grant,  and  vet  afraid  to  refuse  his  request,  hit  upon  this  expedient  to  rid  himself 
of  his  importunities,  lie  expressed  his  willingness  to  accept  him  as  the  suitor  of  his 
daughter  on  one  condition  ;  that  he  should  allow  him  to  extract  his  teeth,  and  cut  off  his 
claws,  as  his  daughter  was  fearfully  afraid  of  both.  The  Lion  cheerfully  assented  to  the 
proposal  ;  when,  however,  he  next  repeated  his  request,  the  woodman,  no  longer  afraid, 

.pou  him  with  his  club,  and  drove  him  away  into  the  forest. 


The  Ass  and  the  flule. 

AmltEr   st4(  N&jrny   drv,  B4H&As&&mUl   b(  wl    ldn.       'As 
ZlngZHtrvld   lng'pln   crd  hs    ldWEZBwnHbgn2s c>  tp  p(F'mntn 
Hfli  hs    ld2Bmr    (nHcd  br.      Hntrtd  hs"pn62r lvHF&sml    pr6 
THmt   cSOm'rstBmUl  pdKtn62,rqst.      'As    )rt-/_sfl   dwn  ddNhs 
brdn.       mltErntK.wt   els  2DNSwld&rg6pl9dP'mU  l'ld   crdB'AsN 

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d62hsOnttT,tpFLpl9d,hdF'As/Hhd    flAdH.       mill    grOn,  bn(  hs 
hvy  brdn  sd   (s2H6.       IMtrtd   crd,2Mdsrts.      FlhdN-BnL, 2ss t 
'As&ltlNhs    nEdI)d   nt   nwBbr,  tg(rWhs    brdnH6Zwl. 

A  muleteer  set  forth  on  ;i  journey,  driving  before  him  an  Ass  and  a  Mule,  both 
well-laden.  The  Ass,  as  long  as  he  traveled  along  the  plain,  carried  his  load  with  ease  ; 
but  when  he  began  to  ascend  the  steep  path  of  the  mountain,  he  felt  his  load  to  be  more 
than  he  could  bear.  He  entreated  his  companion  to  relieve  him  of  a  small  portion, 
that  he  might  carry  home  the  rest ;  but  the  Mule  paid  no  attention  to  the  request.  The 
Ass  shortly  afterwards  fell  down  dead  under  his  burden.  The  muleteer,  not  knowing 
what  else  to  do  in  so  wild  a  region,  placed  upon  the  Mule  the  load  carried  by  the  Ass 
in  addition  to  his  own,  and  at  the  top  of  all  placed  the  hide  of  the  Ass,  after  he  had 
flayed  him.  The  Mule,  groaning  beneath  his  heavy  burden,  said  thus  to  himself:  "  I 
am  treated  according  to  my  deserts.  If  I  had  only  been  willing  to  assist  the  Ass  a  little 
in  his  need,  I  should  not  now  be  bearing  together  with  his  burden,  himself  as  well." 

The  Fox  Who  Had   Lost  His  Tail. 

Afx  cautN&trp  scpdW'lsFhs  br(.  hns4(  fl,  15&brdn  frm 
>i&rdkl2w$HWxpsdHskEmd2br,  L'(r  fxsN2&l/ "d6WH6TN'"n 
lsHmt'btr^sl  hs  On  dpr56.  Hsmbld&gd  mny  fxs&pblk-dvsd 
(m2ct  (r  tlsC, TYwd  ntN-lk  m$  bt,rWT(mBTYwd  gt  rdF'wtF'br( 
w$W&Vgr8  7vnEns.  &F(m  3rpi,HsdFUhd  ntUr61stUr  t.lMfr^ 
Uwd  nt   (s    cnslZ. 

A  Fox  caught  in  a  trap,  escaped  with  the  loss  of  his  "  brush."  Henceforth  feel- 
ing his  life  a  burden  from  the  shame  and  ridicule  to  which  he  was  exposed,  he  schemed 
to  bring  all  the  other  Foxes  into  a  like  condition  with  himself,  that  in  the  common  loss 
he  might  the  better  conceal  his  own  deprivation.  He  assembled  a  good  many  Foxes, 
and  publicly  advised  them  to  cut  off  their  tails,  saying,  "  that  thev  would  not  only  look 
much  better  without  them,  but  that  they  would  get  rid  of  the  weight  of  the  brush, 
which  was  a  very  great  inconvenience  "  One  of  them  interrupting  him  said  :  "  If  you 
had  not  yourself  lost  your  tail,  my  friend,  you  would  not  thus  counsel  us." 


The  Widow  and  the  Sheep. 

Acrtn  pr  wdOhd&s  1  t3)p.   T)r  ,  tm  w)  ,  2t  /  hs  flEs&2vd 
xpnsS)rdHhr6BUsd,)rsSnskl5-TW'flsS)r(rfl).   ')p  wr(,Wpn  sd 


wIDUhrtMSmstrs?     wt  wAt  KMbld  ad2'wl?     FUw^Mfl)  (rZ'b$rWL 
klMN&tr9BFUw^Mfls&wl   (rZ')rrWL)r&nt  hrtM. 
"lEs  tTlAZntLws'gr8st   gn. 

A  certain  poor  widow  had  one  solitary  Sheep.  At  shearing  time,  wishing  to  take 
his  fleece,  and  to  avoid  expense,  she  sheared  him  herself,  but  used  the  shears  so  unskill 
fully,  that  with  the  fleece  she  sheared  the  flesh.  The  Sheep,  writhing  with  pain,  said  : 
"  Why  do  you  hurt  me  so,  mistress?  What  weight  can  my  blood  add  to  the  wool?  If 
vou  want  my  flesh,  there  is  the  butcher,  who  will  kill  me  in  a  trice  ;  but  if  you  want  my 
fleece  and  wool,  there  is  the  shearer,  who  will  shear  and  not  hurt  me." 

The  least  outlay  is  not  always  the  greatest  gain. 


The  Wild  Boar  and  the  Fox. 

Awld  bOr   stdN&trE&rbd  hs    tsks    gnst'trnk.       &fx  ps,B 
skdHwTH(s    )rpnd  hs    t(  wn   (rWKdngr    (rtn,  frm   (r   hntsmnR 
hnd.      HrpldIDTdvsd-4Twd   nvrD2FT2)rpnMwpns    jstT'tml0t2B 
Us,  (m.      2Bwl;  prd4wrZ'bs  t   grntEFpEs. 

A  wild  Hoar  stood  under  a  tree,  and  rubbed  his  tusks  against  the  trunk.  A  Fox 
passing  by,  asked  him  why  he  thus  sharpened  his  teeth  when  there  was  no  danger 
threatening  from  either  huntsman  or  hound.  He  replied:  "  I  do  it  advisedly;  for  it 
would  never  do  to  have  to  sharpen  my  weapons  just  at  the  time  I  ought  to  be  using 
them." 

1  o  be  well  prepared  for  war  is  the  best  guarantee  of  peace. 


The  Ass  Carrying  the   Image. 

&as&c   crd   (rU*  strtsF&c8&fms   wdn  mG2Bpl9dN&FTs    tm 
pis.      'crwdZHpsd   lng  m8  lw- ;  s  tr6B4'mG.      'as    (nk  ,  TYbwd   (r 
h<lsNtknFrspkt4lI0brsl(lPWprd&gvII6Ars&rfsd2mv   n(r   stp.     ' 
drvrC,H(s    stp    Id  hs   whp    lst-bt  hs   )  ldrs&sdOUprvrs  dl   hd 
TZnt  yt   cm2(sTmn  pAwrJ2&as. 

YRnt  wIsWt/2(m6s'crdt  dU2(rs. 

■^"  "•«  '""  ''  carried  through  the  streets  of  a  city  a  famous  wooden  image,  to  be 
l,l;ur'1   '"   "l,c  "'    »t«  Temples.      The  crowd  as  he  passed  along  made  lowly  prostration 

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before  the  image.  The  Ass,  thinking  that  they  bowed  their  heads  in  token  of  respect 
for  himself,  bristled  up  with  pride  and  gave  himself  airs,  and  refused  to  move  another 
step.  The  driver  seeing  him  thus  stop,  laid  his  whip  lustily  about  his  shoulders,  and 
sa id  :  kkO  you  perverse  dull-head  !  it  is  not  yet  come  to  this,  that  men  pay  worship  to  an 
Ass." 

They  are  not  wise  who  take  to  themselves  the  credit  due  to  others. 


The  Ass  and   His  Masters. 

&asBlng,2&hrbslrWgvH2ltl    fd&2m$  wrk  m8&pt62    JptrT 
Hwd  rlsHfrm.hs;  snt  srv9&;  vdllW&(r  mstr.      Jptr/wrn,HTH 
wd  rp^hs   rqst   cAsdH2Bs  ld2&tl  lmkr.      )rt-/_s    fnd,  THhd  hvr 
10ds2c3&hrdr  wrkN'brk    f  ldHpt6d4n(r  ms  tr.      Jptr  tl,HTT)dB' 
1st   tlmTHcd   grehs    rqst   rdndTH)dBsld2&tnr.      'as    fnd,  THhd 
flnN2wrs&s&n0t,  hs   ms  trs   ocpGsd   grOn,  TwdHBn  bti4M2HBn 
strvdB'&R2HBnVwrkdB,(rFM4mr   mstrs   (n2HBn  bOtBM;  s<j>OnrWL 
Evn/IMdd   tnMhId&m/MUs-2H. 

An  Ass  belonging  to  an  herb-seller,  who  gave  him  too  little  food  and  too  much 
work,  made  a  petition  to  Jupiter  that  he  would  release  him  from  his  present  service, 
and  provide  him  with  another  master.  Jupiter,  after  warning  him  that  he  would  repent 
his  request,  caused  him  to  be  sold  to  a  tile-maker.  Shortly  afterwards,  finding  that  he 
had  heavier  loads  to  carry,  and  harder  work  in  the  brick-field,  he  petitioned  for  another 
master.  Jupiter,  telling  him  that  it  should  be  the  last  time  that  he  could  grant 
his  request,  ordained  that  he  should  be  sold  to  a  tanner.  The  Ass  finding  that 
he  had  fallen  into  worse  hands,  and  noting  his  master's  occupation,  said,  groaning: 
44  It  would  have  been  better  for  me  to  have  been  either  starved  by  the  one,  or  to  have 
been  over-worked  by  the  other  of  my  former  masters,  than  to  have  been  bought  by  my 
present  owner,  who  will  even  after  I  am  dead  tan  my  hide,  and  make  me  useful 
to  him." 


The   Brother  and  the  Sister. 

Af(r  hd&sn&&dtr'4mr  rmrkd74hs  gd  lks'ltHhr  x  uglJ.  wj 
Ywr  pi,  &DZ$ldrnYhpndB$ns2lkN2&mrrTWpl9dN(r  m(rs  $r.  'boy 
"grtlSdIIGNhs    gd    lks'grl    grw&gry&cd  nt  brV>prssFhr  br(r  3 

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prt,  LHsd&hw   cdSD(rws?N2rf lx6Nhr6.     SrnF 2hrf(  r2BrvngdN 
hr    trnNhr  br(  r&sp@5-  cUsdHFH,  Z&by  m8UsFTw$n-blngs2grls. 
'f(r  mbr9d  (m  b(&bstw,hs   kss&ik6m_VN$sdIw)Ub(  VD2lkN2,mrr 
UMsnTUMat   splUr   bU  tyBEvl«dct&UMdtr  TUMm/P4Ui\veFbty  B 
Ur   vrts. 

A  father  had  one  son  and  one  daughter  ;  the  former  remarkable  for  his  good  looks, 
the  latter  for  her  extraordinary  ugliness.  While  they  were  playing  one  day  as  children 
they  happened  by  chance  to  look  together  into  a  mirror  that  was  placed  on  their 
mother's  chair.  The  bov  congratulated  himself  on  his  good  looks;  the  girl  grew  angry, 
and  could  not  bear  the  self-praises  of  her  brother;  interpreting  all  he  said  (and  how 
could  she  do  otherwise?)  into  reflection  on  herself.  She  ran  off  to  her  father,  to  be 
avenged  in  her  turn  on  her  brother,  and  spitefully  accused  him  of  having,  as  a  boy, 
made  use  of  that  which  belonged  only  to  girls.  The  father  embraced  them  both,  and 
bestowing  his  kisses  and  affection  impartially  on  each,  said  :  "  I  wish  you  both  every 
day  to  look  into  the  mirror;  you,  my  son,  that  you  may  not  spoil  your  beauty  by  evil 
conduct  ;  and  vou,  my  daughter,  that  you  may  make  up  for  your  want  of  beauty  by 
your  virtues.  ' 


STORY  OF  THE  ALPS. 


(rZ&t$,  st3t01dN'tmpl   mgzEnB  Rev.    R.    H.    ConwelF&vst 
2'hsptlF  St.    Brnrd  wrRkpt'wndr5   St.    Brnrd  dgsFWs   wrkF 
rskU,  trvlrsVt/  nB1  Alpln  s  trmsSmny  tAlsRfmlr2L.      &mrn,    / 
&  3  tOrm  sys   d  Cnwell   &F(s    gr8hnst    crEtrs.cAm  strgl,(rU' 
snOhmprd   gr8-Nhs   xhs  td"d6B'mntr   br  lFbr&y  Thng2hs    clr.     I 
wAdd   dEpN'drfts   f  lw,  'f  lndr  ,  01    f  10rnd'hsp92,knl  w$W&rUmF 
"Pdr7slz.   wn'dOrW0pnd2'w&rr'(r  dgsWNs  tP&$OrsFbrks&whIns 
&flV&n(rZYcrwdd  btH&Egr- f lwdHrndWwgsF(r    tAls&nqs t5 Iks 
N(rls   w$  wr   j s tZn t 1 gcqs6 , ZSm&y   30gt6pnts,       B'crstfln 
bEst  hid  hs   hd&tAl^flOr&snEkd  bt    frm&crnr2n(r&f In-IA 
dwn  pc,  NcVdrk    njfN'stOn  bs7.      HlA(rWhsIs    gins ,  TTcrnrsNcS: 
mst   )Am5wA.      'yng  mnk    cld'wE3dgBnAm&wn'bEs  t  wld   nt    lEv 
hs   )d0y   rtrt'prEst    trd2ndUsH2"4(B)0,  H&d)"tn,  fikrpsFmEt. 
Bhng3ZHWHmr-0pnd  hsls&ltl   wldr    rpd'f  10r&cR291 1  t-ZHgvc\: 


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fEbl  wAg2hs    tAl&(n    )rnk   bk&sEmd  nt2hEr'n@A6.       mpjqkEpr 
trnd  wAW&ngry  gs  tr&sdT'dg  wd  gtVhs  slks    sUri&T'crE  tr ;  b7- 
flt  )AmdTHhd  nt    fnd&y&.      ,(t_rmrk  j tN2Ms01W&(rl.       TnObl 
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cd  ntEt.      TWnt  hs  iAItTKBnltd  w&rr  hdBnTBnmd&dy ,  N'mntn 
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jstUm&nuf2fElTTWhs   mpr85dUty2sAv  sm&.       gr&Ol    f  10.      hwH 
Aut2pt2)Amm&y&Umn  sOlWKs  (rRtrvlrsG,  dwnN'bl t,  cOld&'Vwlm, 
strmsFl5s  mntn:  hlwAs&y  tWnvr  sAvd  Evn&sf 

There  is  a  touching  story  told  in  the  Temple  Magazine,  by  Rev.  Dr.  R.  H.  Conwell, 
of  a  visit  to  the  hospital  of  St.  Bernard,  where  are  kept  the  wonderful  St.  Bernard  dogs, 
of  whose  work  of  rescuing  perishing  travelers  overtaken  by  the  Alpine  storms  so  many 
tales  are  familar  to  all.  "  One  morning  after  a  storm,"  says  Dr.  Conwell,  "  one  of 
those  great,  honest  creatures  came  struggling  through  the  snow,  hampered  greatly  in 
his  exhausted  condition  by  the  miniature  barrel  of  brandy  that  hung  to  his  collar.  I 
waded  deep  in  the  drifts  following  the  floundering  old  fellow  around  the  hospice  to  the 
kennel,  which  was  a  room  of  considerable  size.  When  the  door  was  opened  to  the 
wanderer,  the  other  dogs  within  set  up  a  chorus  of  barks  and  whines,  and  fell  over  one 
another  as  they  crowded  about  him,  and  eagerly  followed  him  around  with  wags  of 
their  tails  and  inquisitive  looks  in  their  eyes,  which  were  just  as  intelligent  questionings 
as  so  many  interrogation  points.  But  the  crestfallen  beast  held  his  head  and  tail  to  the 
lloor,  and  sneaked  about  from  one  corner  to  the  other,  and  finally  lay  down  panting  in  a 
dark  niche  in  the  stone  basement.  He  lay  there,  with  his  eyes  glancing  out  at  the 
corners,  in  a  most  shamefaced  way.  The  young  monk  called  the  weary  dog  by  name, 
and  when  the  beast  would  not  leave  his  shadowy  retreat,  the  priest  tried  to  induce  him 
to  come  forth  by  showing  him  a  dish  containing  scraps  of  meat.  But,  hungry  as  he  was. 
he  merely  opened  his  eyes  a  little  wider,  rapped  the  floor  once  or  twice  lightly,  as  he 
gave  a  feeble  wag  to  his  tail,  and  then  shrank  back  and  seemed  not  to  hear  the  invita- 
tion. The  impatient  keeper  turned  away  with  an  angry  gesture,  and  said  that  the  dog 
would  '  get  over  his  sulks  very  soon.'  and  that  the  creature  probably  felt  ashamed  that 
he   '  had  not  found  any  one.' 

"  The  thoughtless  remark  shot  into  my  deepest  soul  with  a  thrill.  That  noble  old 
fellow  seemed  to  have  felt  so  bad,  so  ashamed  or  so  guilty  because  he  had  returned 
without  saving  any  one  that  he  could  not  eat.  It  was  not  his  fault  that  no  benighted 
wanderer  had  been  out  benumbed  and  dying  on  the  mountain  road  that  awful  night.  He 
hail  grandly   done    his   duty;   but   he  was  just  dog  enough  not  to  reason  so  far,  and  just 

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human  enough  to  feel  that  it  was  his  imperative  duty  to  save  some  one.  Grand  old 
fellow  !  How  he  ought  to  put  to  shame  many  a  human  soul  who  knows  there  are  travel- 
ers going  down  in  the  biting  cold  and  the  overwhelming  storms  of  life's  mountainous 
highways,  and  vet  who  never  saved  even  one  such  !  " — The  Observer. 


Declaration  of   Independence. 

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-R  1  tnp&R8crd  hnr. 

\\  hen  in  the  course  of  human  events  it  becomes  necessary  for  one  people  to  dis- 
solve the  political  hands  which  have  connected  them  with  another,  and  to  assume, 
among  the  powers  of  the  earth,  the  separate  and  equal  station  to  which  the  laws  of 
nature  and  Nature's  God  entitle  them,  a  decent  respect  to  the  opinions  of  mankind 
requires  thai  they  should  declare  the  causes  which  impel  them  to  the  separation. 

We   hold  these  truths  to  be   self-evident:     That    all   men  are  created  equal;  that 

they  are  endowed  by  their  Creator  with  certain  inalienable    rights;  that   among  these 

life,   liberty,  and  the  pursuit    of  happiness.     That   to  secure  these  rights,  govern- 

ments  are  instituted  among  men,    deriving   their  just  powers   from  the   consent  of  the 

erned  ;  thai    whenever  an)  form  of  government  becomes  destructive  of  these  ends, 

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it  is  the  right  of  the  people  to  alter  or  to  abolish  it,  and  to  institute  a  new  govern- 
ment, laying  its  foundation  on  such  principles,  and  organizing  its  powers  in  such  form 
as  to  them  shall  seem  most  likely  to  effect  their  safety  and  happiness.  Prudence, 
indeed,  will  dictate  that  governments  long  established  should  not  be  changed  for  light 
and  transient  causes  ;  and,  accordingly,  all  experience  hath  shown  that  mankind  are 
more  disposed  to  suffer.,  while  evils  are  sufferable,  than  to  right  themselves,  by  abol- 
ishing the  forms  to  which  they  are  accustomed.  But  when  a  long  train  of  abuses  and 
usurpations,  pursuing  invariably  the  same  object,  evinces  a  design  to  reduce  them  under 
absolute  despotism,  it  is  their  right,  their  duty,  to  throw  off* such  government,  and  to 
provide  new  guards  for  their  future  security.  Such  has  been  the  patient  sufferance  ot 
these  colonies,  and  such  is  now  the  necessity  which  constrains  them  to  alter  their 
former  systems  of  government.  The  history  of  the  present  king  of  Great  Britain  is  a 
history  of  repeated  injuries  and  usurpations,  all  having  in  direct  object  the  establishment 
of  an  absolute  tyranny  over  these  States.  To  prove  this,  let  facts  be  submitted  to  a 
candid  world  : 

He  has  refused  his  assent  to  laws  the  most  wholesome  and  necessary  for  the  public 
•good. 

He  has  forbidden  his  governors  to  pass  laws  of  immediate  and  pressing  importance, 
unless  suspended  in  their  operation  till  his  assent  should  be  obtained  ;  and  when  so 
suspended,  he  has  utterly  neglected  to  attend  to  them.  He  has  refused  to  pass  other 
laws  for  the  accommodation  of  large  districts  of  people,  unless  these  people  would 
relinquish  the  right  of  representation  in  the  legislature — a  right  inestimable  to  them , 
and  formidable  to  tyrants  only. 

He  has  called  together  legislative  bodies  at  places  unusual,  uncomfortable,  and 
distant  from  the  repository  of  the  public  records,  for  the  sole  purpose  of  fatiguing  them 
into  complying  with  his  measures. 

He  has  dissolved  representative  houses  repeatedly  for  opposing,  with  manly  firm- 
ness, his  invasions  on  the  rights  of  the  people. 

He  has  refused  for  a  long  time  after  such  dissolution,  to  cause  others  to  be  elected  ; 
whereby  the  legislative  powers,  incapable  of  annihilation,  have  returned  to  the  people 
at  large  for  their  exercise,  the  state  remaining,  in  the  meantime,  exposed  to  all  the 
dangers  of  invasion  from  without  and  convulsions  from  within. 

He  has  endeavored  to  prevent  the  population  of  these  States  :  for  that  purpose 
obstructing  the  laws  of  naturalization  of  foreigners  ;  refusing  to  pass  others  to  encour- 
age their  migration  hither,  and  raising  the  conditions  of  new  appropriations  of  lands. 

He  has  obstructed  the  administration  of  justice  by  refusing  his  assent  to  laws  for 
establishing  judiciary  powers. 

He  has  made  judges  dependent  on  his  will  alone  for  the  tenure  of  their  offices  and 
the  amount  and  payment  of  their  salaries. 

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He  has  erected  a  multitude  of  new  offices,  and  sent  hither  swarms  of  officers  to 
harass  our  people  and  eat  out  their  substance. 

He  has  kept  among  us  in  times  of  peace,  standing  armies,  without  the  consent  of 
our  legislatures. 

He  has  effected    to  render  the  military  independent    of,    and    superior  to,  the  civil 

power. 

He  has  combined  with  others  to  subject  us  to  a  jurisdiction  foreign  to  our  Consti- 
tution, and  unacknowledged  by  our  laws;  giving  his  assent  to  their  pretended  acts  of 
legislation  : 

For  quartering  large  bodies  of  armed  troops  among  us  : 

For  protecting  them  by  a  mock  trial  from  punishment  for  any  murders  which  they 
should  commit  on  the  inhabitants  of  these  States  : 

For  cutting  off  our  trade  with  all  parts  of  the  world  : 

For  imposing  taxes  on  us  without  our  consent : 

For  depriving  us,  in  many  cases,  of  the  benefits  of  trial  by  jury  : 

For  transporting  us  beyond  seas  to  be  tried  for  pretended  offenses  : 

For  abolishing  the  free  system  of  English  laws  in  a  neighboring  province,  estab- 
lishing therein  an  arbitrary  government,  and  enlarging  its  boundaries,  so  as  to  render 
it  at  once  an  example  and  fit  instrument  for  introducing  the  same  absolute  rule  into 
these  colonies : 

For  taking  away  our  charters,  abolishing  our  most  valuable  laws,  and  altering, 
fundamentally,  the  forms  of  our  government : 

For  suspending  our  own  legislatures,  and  declaring  themselves  invested  with 
power  to  legislate  for  us  in  all  cases  whatsoever  : 

He  has  abdicated  government  here  by  declaring  us  out  of  his  protection,  and 
waging  war  against  us  : 

He  has  plundered  our  seas,  ravaged  our  coasts,  burnt  our  towns, .and  destroyed 
the  lives  of  our  people  : 

He  is  at  this  time  transporting  large  armies  of  foreign  mercenaries  to  complete 
the  works  of  death,  desolation  and  tyranny  already  begun,  with  circumstances  of  cruelty 
and  perfidy  scarcely  paralleled  in  the  most  barbarous  ages,  and  totally  unworthy  the 
head  of  a  civilized  nation  : 

He   haa    constrained   our   fellow-citizens,    taken  captive  on  the    high  seas,  to  bear 

arms  againsl  their  country,  to  become  the  executioners  of  their  friends  and  brethren,  or 

I  ill  themselves  by  their  hands  : 

II     I   i    exi  ited  domestic  insurrections  among  us,  and  has  endeavored  to   bring   on 

the  inhabitants  of  (Mir  frontiers,  the  merciless  Indian  savages,  whose  known  rule  of  war- 

fare  is  an  undistinguished  destruction  of  all  ages,  sexes  and  conditions. 

In  ever  i   these  oppressions    we  have   petitioned    for    redress    in    the    most 

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humble  terms;  our  repeated  petitions  have  been  answered  only  by  repeated  injury.  A 
prince  whose  character  is  thus  marked  by  every  act  which  may  define  a  tyrant  is  unfit 
to  be  the  ruler  of  a  free  people. 

Nor  have  we  been  wanting  in  attention  to  our  British  brethren.  We  have  warned 
them,  from  time  to  time,  of  attempts  by  their  legislature  to  extend  an  unwarrantable 
jurisdiction  over  us.  We  have  reminded  them  of  the  circumstances  of  our  emigration 
and  settlement  here.  We  have  appealed  to  their  native  justice  and  magnanimity,  and 
we  have  conjured  them  by  the  ties  of  our  common  kindred  to  disavow  these  usurpa- 
tions, which  would  inevitably  interrupt  our  connections  and  correspondence.  They, 
too,  have  been  deaf  to  the  voice  of  justice  and  consanguinity.  We  must,  therefore, 
acquiesce  in  the  necessity  which  denounces  our  separation,  and  hold  them,  as  we  hold 
the  rest  of  mankind,  enemies  in  war,  in  peace,  friends. 

We,  therefore,  the  representatives  of  the  United  States  of  America,  in  General 
Congress  assembled,  appealing  to  the  Supreme  Judge  of  the  world  for  the  rectitude  of 
our  intentions,  do,  in  the  name  and  by  the  authority  of  the  good  people  of  these 
colonies,  solemnly  publish  and  declare,  that  these  United  Colonies  are,  and  of  right 
ought  to  be,  free  and  independent  States ;  that  they  are  absolved  from  all  allegiance  to 
the  British  Crown,  and  that  all  political  connection  between  them  and  the  State  of 
Great  Britain  is,  and  ought  to  be,  totally  dissolved  ;  and  that,  as  free  and  independent 
states,  they  have  full  power  to  levy  war,  conclude  peace,  contract  alliances,  establish 
commerce  and  do  all  other  acts  and  things  which  independent  states  may  of  right  do. 
And  for  the  support  of  this  declaration,  with  a  firm  reliance  on  the  protection  of  Divine 
Providence,  we  mutually  pledge  to  each  other  our  lives,  our  fortunes,  and  our  sacred 
honor. 


From  "  Hamlet."— Act  III. 


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'nSShUFrslGZsklEdOrW'pAl    cstF(t&  3pr  IzsFgr8pt(&m07W(s 
rgrd   (r    crcs    trn  wA&lUs'nAmFctG. 


To  be,  or  not  to  be,  tliat  is  tbe  question  : 
Whether  't  is  nobler  in  the  mind,  to  suffer 
The  slings  and  arrows  of  outrageous  fortune, 
Or  to  take  arms  against  a  sea  of  troubles, 
And,  by  opposing  end  them  ? — To  die, — to  sleep, — 
No  more  ;  and,  by  a  sleep,  to  say  we  end 
The  heart-ache,  and  the  thousand  natural  shocks 
That  flesh  is  heir  to, — 't  is  a  consummation 
Devoutly  to  be  wish'd.     To  die — to  sleep  ; — 
To  sleep  !  perchance  to  dream  ; — ay,   there's  the  rub  ; 
For  in  that  sleep  of  death  what  dreams  may  come, 
When  we  have  shuffled  off  this  mortal  coil, 
Must  give  us  pause  :    there  's  the  respect, 
That  makes  calamity  of  so  long  life: 
For  who  would  bear  the  whips  and  scorns  of  time, 
The  oppressor's  wrong,  the  proud  man's  contumely, 
The  pangs  of  dispriz'd  love,  the  law's  delay, 
The  insolence  of  office,  and  the  spurns 
That  patient  merit  of  the  unworthy  takes, 
When  he  himself  might  his  quietus  make 
With  a  bare  bodkin  ?     Who  would  these  fardels  bear, 
To  grunt  and  sweat  under  a  weary  life  ; 
But  that  the  dread  of  something  after  death, 
The  undiscovered  country,  from  whose  bourn 
No  traveller  returns,  puzzles  the  will  ; 
And  makes  us  rather  bear  those  ills  we  have, 
Than  lly  to  others  that  we  know  not  of  ? 
Thus,  conscience  does  make  cowards  of  us  all  ; 
And  thus  the  native  hue  of  resolution 
Is  sicklied  o'er  with    the  pale  cast  of  thought  ; 
And  enterprises  of  great  pith  and  moment. 

With  this  regard,  their  currents  turn  away, 
And  lose  the  name  of  action. 


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Form  of  Will. 


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The  last  will  of-mc,  John  Jones,  of-the-town  of  Oxford,  in-the  county  of  Oakland, 
and  State  of  Michigan,  being  of  sound  mind  at-the-time  of  making  and  publishing  this 
my  last  will  and  testament. 


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I-give  and  devise  all-mv  estate,  real  and  personal,  whereof  I-may-die  seized  or 
possessed,  to  James  Brown,  of-the  said  town  of  Oxford,  and  Thomas  Green,  of-the- 
same  place,  to-have  and-to-hold  the-same  to-themselves,  their  heirs  and  assigns  forever, 
upon  the-uses  and  trusts  following,  namely  : 

In-trust,  first,  to-pay  all-my  debts  and  funeral  expenses. 

Second,  to-pay  to-my  wife,  Mary,  upon  her  sole  and  separate  receipts,  the-interest, 
income,  and  revenue  of-all  my  said  estate,  during  the-term  of-her  natural  life. 

And  third,  upon  the-decease  of  my  said  wife,  to  convert  all-my  said  estate  into 
money,  ifsuch-a  course  shall-be  thought  best  by  my  said  trustees,  and  to-pay  to-my 
daughter,  Ellen,  the  one-third  part  thereof,  it  seeming  to-me  best  to-give  her  so  large  a- 
share  on-account-of  her  inability  to  provide  for  herself;  and-the  remaining  two-thirds 
to-be  equally  divided  between  my  four  sons,  Frederick,  Stephen,  James  and  John. 

If  either  of-my  children  shall,  before  such  division,  have  died,  leaving  lawful  issue, 
such  issue  to-receive  the- parent's  share,  but,  if-there-be  no  issue,  then  such  share  to-fall 
into-the  general  fund,  to-be  divided  among  the-survivors  in-the  manner  before  directed. 

And  I-hereby  give  to-my  said  trustees  full  power  and   authority  to-sell  any  or  all 
of-my  real  estate  at  private  or  public  sale,  and  invest  the  proceeds,  or  lease  the-same, 
as  they-may  deem  best  for-the  interest  of-my  family. 

And  if  my  daughter  Ellen  shall-not-have  attained  the  age  of  twenty-one  upon-the 
decease  of-her  mother,  I-hereby  nominate,  constitute,  and  appoint  my  said  trustees 
guardians  of-the  person  and  estate  of-my  said  daughter,  Ellen,  during  the-remainder  of- 
her  minority,  commending  her  to-thcir  fatherly  care  and  protection. 

And  I-hereby  constitute  James  Brown  and  Thomas  Green  my  executors  of-this  my 
last  will  and  testament. 

In-witness  whereof,  I-have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal,  this  third  day  of  April, 
in-the  year  1SS6.  JOHN  JONES. 

Signed,  sealed,  published,  and  declared  by  John  Jones,  the  testator  above  named, 
as  and-for  his  last  will  and  testament,  in-the  presence,  of  us,  who,  in-his  presence,  at- 
his  request,  and-in-the  presence  of-each  other,  have  hereunto  set-our  names  as  witnesses. 

Witnesses:    \.    II. 
F.  S. 


Partnership  Agreement. 


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This  agreement,  made  this  fifth  day  of  August,  1SS6,  between  Thomas  H.  Smith, 
of  Charleston,  S.  C,  of-the  one  part,  and  Charles  T.  Cullen,  of-the-same  place,  of-the 
other  part,  witnesseth  : 

The-said  parties  agree  to-associate  themselves  as  copartners,  for-a  period  of  five 
years  from-this  date,  in-the  business  of  buying  and  selling  hardware  and-such  other 
goods  and  commodities  as  belong  in-that  line  of  trade  ;  the-name  and  style  of-the  firm 
to-be  Smith  &  Cullen. 

For-the  purpose  of  conducting  the-business  of-the  above  named  partnership, 
Thomas  H.  Smith,  has,  at-the-date  of-this  writing,  invested  Five  Thousand  Dollars  as 
capital  stock,  and-the  said  Charles  T.  Cullen  has  paid  in  the-like  sum  of  Five  Thousand 
Dollars,  both  of- which  amounts  are  to-be  expended  and  used  in  common  for-the  mutual 
advantage  of-the  parties  hereto  in-the  management  of-their  business. 

It-is  hereby  also  agreed  by  both  parties  hereto,  that-they-will-not,  while  associated 
as  copartners,  follow  any  avocation  or  trade  to-their-own  private  advantage,  but-will, 
throughout  the-entire  period  of-copartnership,  put-forth-their  utmost  and-best  efforts 
for-their  mutual  advantage  and-the  increase  of-the  capital  stock. 

That-the  details  of-the  business  may-be  thoroughly  understood  by  each,  it-is  agreed 
that,  during  the  aforesaid  period,  accurate  and-full  book  accounts  shall-be  kept,  where- 
in each  partner  shall  record,  or  caused  to-be  entered  and  recorded,  full  mention  of-all 
money  received  and  expended,  as-well  as  every  article  purchased  and  sold  belonging  to, 
or  in  anywise  appertaining  to-such  partnership  ;  the-gains,  profits,  expenditures  and 
losses  being  equally  divided  between  them.  It  is  further  agreed  that  once  every  year,  or 
oftener,  should  either  party  desire,  a-full,  just  and  accurate  exhibit  shall-be  made  to- 
each  other,  or  to  their  executors,  administrators  or  representatives,  of-the  loses,  receipts, 
profits  and  increase  made  by  reason  of,  or  arising  from,  such  copartnership.  And,  after 
such  exhibit  is  made,  the  surplus  profit,  if,  such  there-be,  resulting  from-the  business, 
shall-be  divided  between  the  subscribing  partners,  share  and  share  alike. 

Either  party  hereto  shall  be  allowed  to-draw  a-sum,  not  exceeding  six  hundred 
dollars  pcr-annum,  from  the  capital  stock  of-the  firm,  in  monthly  installments  of  fifty 
dollars  each,  which  amount  may-be  increased  by  subsequent  agreement. 

And  further,  should  either  party  desire,  or  should  death  of  either  of-the  parties,  or 
other  reasons,  make  it  necessary,  they,  the-said  copartners,  will  each  to-the  other,  or, 
in-case  of  death  of-cither,  the  surviving  party  to-the  executors  or  administrators  of-the 
party  deceased,  make  a-full,  accurate  and  final  account  of-the  condition  of-the  partner- 
ship as  aforesaid,  and-will  fairly  and  accurately  adjust  the-samc.  And  also,  upon 
taking  an  inventory  of-said  capital  stock,  with  increase  and  profit  thereon,  which-shall 
appear  or  is  found  to  be  remaining,  all-such  remainder  shall-be  equally  apportioned  and 
divided  between-them,  the-said  copartners,  their  executors  or  administrators,  share  and 
share  alike. 

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It-is  also  agreed,  that  in-case  of-a  misunderstanding  arising  with  the  partners  here- 
to, which-cannot-be  settled  between  themselves,  such  differences  of  opinion  shall-be 
settled  by  arbitration,  upon  the-following  conditions,  to-wit :  Bach  party  to-choose 
one  arbitrator,  which  two  thus  elected  shall  choose  a  third  ;  the  three  thus  chosen  to-de- 
ter mine the-mer its  of-the  case,  and  arrange  the-basis  <>f-a  settlement. 

In  witness  whereof,  the  undersigned  hereto  set-their  hands,  the-day  and  year  first 
above  written. 

THOMAS  II.   SMITH. 
CHARLES   1  .  CULLEN. 
Signed  in  presence  of 

D.  L.  Sillers. 

E.     A.    K.K\NKI>Y  . 


Form  of  Lease. 

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This  agreement  or  lease,  made  this  third  day  of  April,  between  Abner  Smith,  of 
Greenfield,  Ohio,  party  of  the  first  part,  andChas.  Daniels,  of  Dearborn,  Ohio,  party  of 
the  second  part,  witnesseth  : 

That  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  does  by  these  presents  lease  to  the  said  party  of 
the  second  part  the  following  described  property,  to-wit :      [Describe  property.] 

To  have  and  to  hold  the  same  to  the  said  party  of  the  second  part,  from  the  fifth 
day  of  April,  1S86,  to  the  fifth  day  of  April,  1S87. 

And  the  said  party  of  the  second  part  covenants  and  agrees  with  the  party  of  the 
first  part  to  pay  the  said  party  of  the  first  part,  as  rent  for  the  same,  the  sum  of  $800, 
payable  as  follows,  to-wit :      [State  the  times  and  terms  of  payment.] 

The  said  party  of  the  second  part  further  covenants  with  the  said  party  of  the  first 
part,  that,  at  the  expiration  of  the  time  mentioned  in  this  lease,  peaceable  possession  of 
the  said  premises  shall  be  given  to  the  said  party  of  the  first  part,  in  as  good  condition 
as  they  now  are,  the  usual  wear,  inevitable  accidents,  loss  by  fire  excepted  ;  and  that  upon 
the  non-payment  of  the  whole  or  any  portion  of  the  said  rent  at  the  time  when  the  same 
is  promised  to  be  paid,  the  said  party  of  the  first  part  may,  at  his  election,  either  dis- 
train for  said  rent  due,  or  declare  this  lease  at  an  end,  and  recover  possession  of  said 
premises  as  if  the  same  were  held  by  forcible  detainer,  the  said  party  of  the  second  part 
waiving  any  notice  of  such  election,  or  any  demand  for  the  possession  of  said  premises. 

The  covenants  herein  shall  extend  to  and  be  binding  upon  the  heirs,  executors  and 
administrators  of  the  parties  to  this  lease. 

Witness  said  parties'  hands  and  seals. 

(Signature  of  Lessor.)  [seal.] 

(Signature  of  Lessee.)  [seal  ] 


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The  last  few  days  have  been  important  ones  in  the  history  of  shorthand,  for  they 
witnessed  the  death  of  Andrew  J.  Graham  at  Orange,  N.  J.,  and  the  conferring  of  the 
order  of  knighthood  by  Queen  Victoria  upon  Isaac  Pittman. 

Pittman,  who  is  now  past  So  years  of  age,  is  the  father  of  the  modern  art  of  verba- 
tim reporting,  and  Graham,  who  put  out  a  system  of  his  own,  based  upon  Pittman's, 
was  one  of  the  first  to  practice  the  art  in  America. 

Pittman's  invention  was  the  result  of  a  change  of  religious  faith  on  his  part.  In 
1S35,  when  he  was  22  years  old,  he  was  a  teacher  in  an  English  school  conducted  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Church  of  England.  The  writings  of  Swedenborg  fell  into  his 
hands,  and  Pittman  became  a  convert  to  the  doctrines  set  forth  in  them.  This  necessi- 
tated his  giving  up  his  situation,  after  which  he  opened  a  school  in  Bath.  He  turned 
his  attention  to  spelling  reform,  inventing  first  an  alphabet  containing  a  character  for 
every  sound,  but  very  similar  in  appearance  to  the  common  Roman  alphabet.  Then  he 
went  a  step  further  and  phonographic  shorthand  was  the  result.  It  is  probably  not  as- 
serting too  much  to  say  that  Mr.  Pittman's  invention  is  one  of  the  ten  or  twelve  most 
beneficial  of  the  entire  century.  It  has  completely  revolutionized  reporting  and  letter 
writing. 

Just  how  many  shorthand  writers  there  are  in  New  York  it  would  be  difficult  to 
state,  probably  from  4500  to  5000.  The  number  has  increased  with  great  rapidity  during 
the  last  three  or  four  years,  and  there  are  now  probably  more  women  than  men  in  Xew 
York,  who  make  their  living  in  this  way.  In  1S87  there  were  about  2500  shorthand 
writers  here  all  told,  of  whom  about  1000  were  women.  The  first  woman  to  write 
shorthand  here  was  a  Mrs.  Stafford.  She  began  her  work  about  twenty-five  years  ago. 
Prior  to  that  time  it  was  held  that  women  could  not  write  shorthand.  Her  success, 
however,  was  so  marked  as  to  make  her  famous  and  induce  large  numbers  of  other 
women  to  follow  in  her  footsteps.  The  first  man  to  write  shorthand  here  was  Dr. 
Houston,  a  newspaper  reporter.  He  began  about  forty-five  years  ago.  The  introduc- 
tion of  the  typewriting  machines  gave  shorthand  writing  its  great  boom. 

"  The  pay  of  shorthand  writers?  "  said  an  expert  reporter  to  the  writer  yesterday, 
'•  is  not  what  it  used  to  be,  the  truth  being  quite  as  greatly  exaggerated  oftentimes  con- 
cerning it  as  regarding  speed.  Official  court  reporters  in  New  York  get  from  $2000  to 
$3000  a  year.  Shorthand  clerks  get  all  the  way  from  $S,  for  which  many  rather  inex- 
pert young  girls  work,  up  to  $25  and  $35,  but  those  who  receive  the  latter  figure  are 
very  few  in  number.  Business  shorthand  writers  do  not  need  often  to  write  more  than 
sixty  or  eighty  words  a  minute,  and  when  they  write  faster,  it  is  but  for  a  few  minutes 
at  a  time.  Very  few  writers  can  sustain  150  words  a  minute,  and  the  talk  of  writing 
250  words  is  rank  nonsense.  Most  of  the  big  stories  of  phenomenal  shorthand  feats  come 
from  the  far  West.  The  further  away  from  New  York  the  source  of  the  story  the 
higher  the  rate.      Not  long  ago  there   was  a   yarn   about    a    man   who  was  ambitious  to 

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write  300  words  a  minute.  He  practiced  with  assiduity,  but  do  the  very  best  he  could, 
he  could  only  reach  297.  It  was  a  good  story,  it  was  well  told,  and  it  interested  several 
of  us  mightily.  Therefore  we  took  pains  to  run  it  down,  and  found  that  it  came  from 
California.  "  I  have  tested  my  own  speed,"  said  this  shorthand  writer,  "  and  find  that 
when  feeling  well  I  can  do  about  165  words  for  a  considerable  length  of  time.  I  think 
I  am  a  good  man,  and  I  know  that  a  man  who  can  average  175  words  a  minute  for  an 
hour  is  first-class.  There  may  be  a  dozen  or  fifteen  in  this  town  who  can  do  that,  and 
perhaps  there  are  forty  or  fifty  who  can  do  150  words  a  minute.  Although  very  many 
women  have  come  into  the  business  and  are  quite  acceptable  for  business  work,  and  for 
various  other  forms  of  dictation,  yet  when  it  comes  to  long  straining  work  like  court 
work  and  reporting  long  speeches,  they  have  not  the  physical  strength.  I  should  say 
that  it  would  take  about  two  years  for  a  person  who  is  well  fitted  as  to  temperament  and 
structure  of  the  hands  to  become  an  expert  writer  of  shorthand.  When  a  young  man 
who  has  practiced  five  or  six  months  tells  me  he  can  do  from  125  to  130  words  a 
minute  I  conclude  that  he  can  really  get  away  with  about  sixty  or  seventy-five,  and  ex- 
perience has  shown  that  my  conclusion  is  usually  right." 


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that  some  errors  have  been  over-looked  in  a  work  so  complex. 

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Concluding    Remarks. 

In  concluding-  this  little  treatise,  the  author  begs  to  state  and  challenges  any  reporter 
in  America  to  gainsay  his  remarks,  that  wherever  a  typewriting  machine  can  be 
used,  Stenotypy  surpasses  in  speed  and  legibility,  every  known  system  of  shorthand. 
Indeed,  all  forms  of  manual  shorthand  must  inevitably  become  obsolete.  The  trolley 
does  not  more  excel  the  old  "  buss,"  or  bob-tail  horse-car,  than  Stenotypy  the  impracti- 
cable and  arduous  systems  of  phonography  and  stenography.  It  almost  trebles  the 
speed  of  ordinary  typewriting ;  whilst  reading  exercises,  owing  to  the  frequency  of 
capitals,  are  more  legible  than  common  book-print.  To  prove  this  only  one  week's 
study  of  the  system  is  necessary.  In  the  foregoing  exercises,  the  reader,  even  though 
unacquainted  with  shorthand,  can  see  at  once,  that  it  requires  a  less  number  of  motions 
of  the  hand  to  write  a  phrase  by  Stenotypy  than  to  express  the  same  after  Pitman,  Gra- 
ham, Pernin,  Munson,  McKee  and  such  inventors.  Writing  at  a  speed  of  150  words  a 
minute,  no  human  hand  can  properly  observe  two  positions  above,  two  below,  and  one 
on  the  Line,  as    McKee,   in   his  "  New   Rapid  "  teaches,  whilst  the  shading,  the  loops 

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and  hoops  and  half  full  and  double  lines  of  Pitman's  system  and  those  based  upon  it, 
render  correct  writing  and  facile  reading  all  but  impossible.  It  is  also  worthy  of  notice 
that  in  Stenotype  there  are  fewer  grammalogues  and  abbreviations  to  be  memorized. 
Two  pages  of  the  alphabet  embrace  the  entire  system.  All  the  exercises  in  the  present 
work  can  be  read  by  an  ordinary  student  in  less  than  two  weeks.  All  the  Author  asks 
of  a  candid  Public  is  to  give  the  work  a  fair  trial,  paying  no  attention  to  advertise- 
ments which,  in  numerous  instances,  arc  laudatory  or  condemnatory,  according  to  the 
amount  expended. 

If  Stenotype  had  no  other  advantage  but  that  of  being  a  time-saver  to  type-setting 
machines,  a  "  reading-made-easy"  to  Editors,  Lawyers  and  Clergymen,  the  invention 
would  be  a  welcome  assistant.  For  dictation,  and  verbatim  reporting,  Stenotype  en- 
hances the  merits  of  the  typewriter,  and  makes  fast  writing  and  correct  reading  a 
pleasant  exercise. 

Unlike  most  shorthand  manuals  that  merely  give  lessons  adapted  to  each  particular 
chapter  of  rules  and  exceptions,  the  present  work  gives  a  varied  selection,  including 
words  and  phrases  that  are  stumbling  blocks  to  all  reporters.  All  the  exercises  are 
written  in  what  reporters  call  the  "  reporting,"  without  wasting  time  by  the  so-called 
corresponding  style. 

As  the  air-castles  of  youthful  ambition  are  gradually  disappearing,  the  Author, 
now  in  the  evening  of  his  declining  years,  avers  that  for  no  earthly  consideration  could 
he  be  induced  to  offer  a  worthless  or  superficial  device  to  an  intelligent  English-speak- 
ing people.  Moreover,  English-speaking  people  are  not  easily  imposed  upon.  Hence, 
if  any  one  comes  forward  and  proves  that  what  is  claimed  in  the  title  page  of  this 
booklet  is  groundless  assumption,  the  Author  will  be  among  the  first  to  consign  Steno- 
type to  wholesale  cremation.  It  would  almost  be  a  miracle  to  have  schoolsand  colleges 
part  with  their  remunerative  pet  systems  for  some  time  to  come.  Before  .Stenotype 
becomes  a  literary  and  financial  success,  a  little  reserved  patience  will  be  necessary. 
But  exhaustive  labor  and  fertile  brains  are  eventually  sure  to  appreciate  a  svstem 
which  relieves  the  student  from  heavy  and  light  strokes  and  frees  him  from  hooks  and 
loops.  Old  Jumping  Jack-in-the-box,  now  above,  now  below,  and  again  upon  the 
line,  is  fully  emancipated.     He  needs  but  tap  the  keys  and  Stenotypy  will  do  the  rest. 

D.  A.  Q. 

Note  : — In  preparing  this  edition  the  Author  is  pleased  to  acknowledge  valuable   suggestions 
by  the  Bishop  of  Denver,  Right  Rev.  N.  Matz,  D.  D. 


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A  Concise 
Explanation 


OF  THE  ADVANTAGES  AND  APPARENT 
DIFFICULTIES  OF  STENOTYPY. 


A  typewriter  who  can  write  60  words  a  minute  can,  by  using  the  logograms  of 
Stenotypy,  multiply  this  rate  by  two  and  a  half  {at  least),  speeding  150  words 
a  minute,  or  saving-  of  six  out  of  ten  hours'  labor.  Eighty  words  a  minute 
(a  speed  which  hundreds  of  typewriters  attain),  would,  by  Stenotypy,  average 
200  words  per  minute  — a  speed  which  no  living  reporter,  who  writes  legibly,  can 
ever  reach  by  any  other  system.  The  Stenotyper  writes  in  this  rapid  way 
every  word,  using  vowels  and  consonants  that  in  no  other  system  could  be  used. 
This  is  not  a  gratuitous  assumption,  but  an  evidence  which  the  preceding  exercises 
visibly  demonstrate.  The  word-signs  are  so  suggestive  and  plain,  that  in  less  than 
live  years  the  Author  expects  to  see  bibles,  hymnals  and  prayer-books  in  the  hands 
of  the  "  old  folk,"  who  have  discarded  their  spectacles  since  this  capital  system 
came  into  use.  There  can  be  no  possible  confusion  in  regard  to  word-spacing.  In 
fact  the  collocation  of  capital  letters  and  other  logograms,  without  space,  is  a  beau- 
tiful feature  of  the  art.     We  will  explain  : 

"All  the  consonants  of  the  English  alphabet,  when  written  as  capitals,  are 
logograms  or  word-signs  that  require  no  space  before  or  after.  Four  letters,  G  J 
(^  X  ,  (being  of  less  frequent  use),  are  also  used  for  affixes  besides  being  word- 
signs.  The  capital  letter  B  invariably  stands  for  be,  by,  but;  C  stands  for  say, 
sea,  see.  It  can  never  mean  anything  else.  D  is  used  to  express  day,  die,  do; 
F  is  the  word-sign  for  of,  if,  off;  G  stands  for  God,  go,  age.  It  is  used  for  age 
wherever  these  three  letters  occur,  whether  used  in  the  beginning  or  end  of  a  word,  as 
G<j-  .(agent)  ;  mrG  (marriage).  The  capital  vowels,  like  capital  consonants,  have 
no  space  before  or  after  them.  I  O  U  always  stand  for  the  words  they  phonetic- 
ally express.  OURMfr?  (Oh!  You  are  my  friend),  is  more  legible  than  the  sentence 
spelt  out  in  full.  In  like  manner,  the  figures  are  used  for  the  words  they  phonetic- 
ally   express.       The   figure   2.   stands  for  to,  too,  two;  4   is  a  word-sign,  meaning  for> 

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fore,  four,  as  in  4G,  (foregoing).  The  figures  8  and  9  follow  the  same  rule. 
p8  (pate)  ;  qlo,  (quinine),  whilst  they,  in  common  with  the  other  figures  and  punctu- 
ation marks,  stand  for  the  affixes  placed  opposite  them  in  the  alphabet  or  key.  If 
there  is  no  space  before  or  after  the  the  figure  or  stop,  you  know  it  is  used  for 
an  affix.  cpyF  (capable  of).  Here,  the  figure  7  (meaning  able,  ment),  having  no 
space  to  left  or  right,  is  used  as  an  affix.  When  used  as  a  prefix,  it  must  have 
one  space  to  left.  TZV  7vEn<^  (It  is  very  inconvenient).  The  figure  7  as  a  prefix, 
stands  for  incom-n,  incog,  encoun.  The  commercial  C  besides  standing  for  cents, 
also  stands  for  ant,  ent.     Where  a  word-sign  is  used    in   the    middle   of  a  word,  as 

"&7   (commandment)  ;    4 J   (forwardness).     The    &   and  being   used   for   and- 

zvard,  there  can  be  no  mistaking  the  meaning.  The  J  here  would  also  mean  Jesus 
or  Jew,  but  the  context  will  readily  show  the  correct  meaning.  In  regard  to  word- 
spacing,  the  guiding  rules  may  all  be  expressed  in  one  sentence,  viz  : — Wherever 
a  capital  letter,  figure,  or  stop  is  used  for  a  zvord-sign,  there  will  be  no  space 
before  or  after  such  capital  letter,  figure,  or  stop.  Each  word-sign  always  retains 
its  meaning  as  given  in  the  alphabet." 

The  student  will  find  the  reading  of  Stenotypy  so  easy,  that  the  rules  for 
spacing  between  words  that  end  with  a  small  vowel  or  consonant,  might  in  numer- 
ous instances,  be  overlooked.  The  word-signs  are  so  frequently  used  that  they 
assist  the  reader  whenever  the  writer  failed  to  observe  the  rules  of  word-spacing. 

In  concluding  this  little  volume,  the  Author  expresses  sorrow  for  having  so 
unsparingly  to  disparage  other  shorthand  systems,  but  the  wearisome  defects  of  these 
systems  were  so  apparent  and  numerous  that  no  honest  instructor  could  overlook  them. 

Whilst  the  human  eye  is  undimmed,  and  the  intellect  capable  of  discerning 
metaphysical  and  physical  excellence,  there  can  be  no  hesitation  in  choosing  a 
system  which  requires  but  a  gentle  tap  with  any  of  the  ten  fingers  to  form  a  syllable 
or  word,  in  preference  to  those  pen  and  pencil  systems  that  require  three  posi- 
tions, (McKee  has  five)  above,  belozv  and  on  the  line  of  horizontal,  oblique  or 
vertical  strokes  which  must  (in  Pitmanic  systems),  be  in  heavy  or  light  shading, 
and  of  half,  whole  or  double  length.  The  hooks,  loops,  circles,  dots  and  other 
technical  devices,  used  to  express  word-combinations  or  vowels  are  as  puzzling  as 
the  hieroglyphics  on  a  Chinese  tea-chest.  Hence  no  reporter  would  attempt  to  read 
the  writing  of  another.  Indeed,  every  first-class  reporter  must  candidly  admit,  that 
while  keeping  pace  with  the  human  voice  he  must  often  depend  on  his  memory 
and  his  own  creations.  The  fact  that  Stenotypy  exercises  can  be  read  at  sight  by 
anyone  who  knows  the  key  or  alphabet,  must  be  regarded  as  a  most  valuable 
feature.  In  the  words  of  the  learned  Bishop  of  Denver,  4lg7S&spEstn@pExlsY 
Kn  SStmF)rt&.  (  "  For  legibility  and  speed,  Stenotypy  excels  every  known  system 
of  shorthand."  ) 

49 


Appendix. 


The  following  list  of  words,  besides  being  a  pleasant  exercise,  affords  an  ocular 
evidence  of  the  brevity  of  Stenotype.  No  system  of  shorthand  is  capable  of  such  con- 
tractions. It  will  be  seen  that  besides  prefixes  and  affixes,  contractions  are  used  in  the 
middle  of  words.  Although  the  same  word-signs  (such  as  T  for  "that,"  "it"  and 
"  out")  are  used,  still  there  will  be  no  doubt  about  which  word  is  meant  in  the  sen- 
tence, as  the  context  will  always  indicate  the  proper  word. 


B4& 
dvqG 

Ny(, 

a_7 

4t8 

Urs    f(5-NX 

4tU8 

xcr" 

xc@5 

ddc83 

4g5J 

lw-J 

M6 

H6 

6)J 


beforehand. 

Lst% 

advantage. 

PA(^ 

anything. 

rdn3 

apartment. 

;v8 

compartment. 

;d^ 

fortitude. 

;  v^6 

yours  faithfully 
in  Christ. 

i  ts  to 

fortuity. 

c 

execute. 

scr  f  9 

executive. 

scr7 

dedicatory. 

;vdnc 

forgiveness. 

pl({A6i 

lawlessness. 

grAc: 

myself. 

n__J 

himself. 

Nt/, 

selfishness. 

T15 

contrite. 

15-Q 

testimony. 

patient. 

ordinary. 

private. 

prudent. 

prevention. 

protestant. 

catholic. 

sacrifice. 

sacrament. 

Providence. 

plantations. 

gracious. 

inwardness. 

undertaking. 

outlive. 

livelihood. 


5o 


2m& 

countermand. 

W(jj, 

wanting. 

3dc6 

introduction. 

LJ 

lordship. 

4fse 

magnificent. 

lUn9 

lunacy. 

5mT 

transmit. 

;mOt  or  ;m@ 

promote. 

6t7 

accountable. 

;vld  or  ;v("> 

provide. 

6t^ 

accountant. 

.;# 

progress. 

7plEt 

incomplete. 

;jd9 

prejudice. 

8t 

recount. 

;prA6 

preparation. 

9#6 

retrogression. 

rlA6 

relation. 

2vrsy 

controversy. 

rlt&  or  r@& 

righthand. 

TrG: 

outrageous. 

fcEt: 

facetious. 

T# 

outnumber. 

ndc8 

indicate. 

""tk 

concomitant. 

nv^G 

invention. 

uc9 

concise. 

n8 

innate. 

upr85 

comparative. 

mdE8 

mediate. 

"pr6 

comparison. 

md8- 

immediately 

"4m8 

conformity. 

mdt8 

meditate. 

w/5 

wakeful. 

ntxc8 

intoxicate. 

5  #6 

transgression. 

jnU3 

January. 

6p&y 

accompany. 

snD 

Sunday. 

2dct3 

contradictory. 

wrF 

whereof. 

t^5 

attentive. 

wr4 

wherefore. 

"sE^: 

conscientious. 

fmn9 

feminine. 

vOt5 

votive. 

hll& 

highland. 

#- 

numberless. 

mpr85 

imperative. 

"# 

congress. 

mpr  t$ 

impertinent. 

cOprS 

co-operate. 

clt58 

cultivate. 

"5 

connive. 

(, 

thing. 

It  must  be  noticed  that  the  above  list  of  words  are  almost  all  spelt  out  in  full. 
Trangression  (  5#6).  The  5  with  space  to  left  is  prefix  for  trans;  4£  is  affix  for 
gress;  6  is  affix  for  sion.  A  glance  at  the  alphabet  will  show  what  each  character 
means. 


51 


CORRIGENDA. 


Page  7,  fourth  line  from  bottom  tOm    (tone),  should  be  tOn. 

The  sign  °J0  which  is  used  as  an  affix  for  (ony-?nony),  and  for  the  prefix 
circum,  is  also  used  for  the  prefixes  (  sul^-sur  ),  which  we  have  failed  to  insert 
in  the  alphabet  on  page  9. 

The  inverted  commas  (  "  )  which  stand  for  the  prefixes  {com- con- cor)  is  also 
used  for  the  prefix  (col).     Omitted  on  page  9. 

Page  9,  cm&7   (commandment),  should  be  "&7- 

Page  10,  in  the  context,  that  sentence  commencing  "  Grammalogues  that 
take  s  to  form  their  plurals,  etc."  should  read  "  Logograms  that  take  s  to  form 
their  plurals,  etc" 

Page  20,  fourth  line  from  top,  W&   (wand),  should  be  w&. 

Page  22,  first  line,  en   (can),  should  be  K. 

Page  23,  insert  $  between  six  and  seventh  letter  from  end  of  line  five. 

Page  24,  fourth  line  from  bottom,  WEZ   (with  ease),  should  be  WEz. 

Page  29,  third  last  word  of  line  one,  n@A6   (invitation),  should  be  nv@6. 

Page  30,  fourth  line  of  "  Declaration  of  Independence,"  change  2'stl6  (to  the 
separation),  to  2'sprA6. 

Page  30,  third  line  from  bottom  of  page,  the  first  four  words  should  read 
lgsl8r&r(^Mistm72. 

Page  39,  line  seven,  co     nrj   (copartnership),  should   be  co nrj. 


I  ntil  the  student  has  attained  sufficient  proficiency  in  Stenotypy  the  numerical  prefixes  given 
in  the  alphabet  (page  9),  being  6eldom  used  might  be  omitted.  Word-spacing,  which  has 
been  invariable  observed  between  small  consonant  letters  that  belong  to  different  words,  might 
aUo  be  discarded,  after  a  time,  as  logograms,  or  word-signs  are  sufficiently  numerous  to 
prevent  confusion  in  the  reading  of  exercises. 


TESTIMONIALS. 

The  reader  must  bear  in  mind  that  Stenotypy,  being  recently  invented  (impor- 
tant additions  having  been  made  as  late  as  March  ist,  1895),  the  system,  therefore, 
lacked  the  time  necessary  to  submit  it  to  a  candid  public  criticism.  Moreover,  few 
shorthand  experts  are  capable  of  giving  a  fair  opinion  as  to  its  merits.  In  a  letter 
which  we  herein  publish  from  the  "  Caligraph  Co.,"  it  will  also  be  seen  how  Steno- 
typy is  handicapped  by  the  red  tape  used  in  our  colleges  and  schools  where  phono- 
graphic manual  systems  are  taught. 

The  few  letters  we  subjoin,  coming  from  persons  whose  probity  and  scholarly 
attainments  are  beyond  question,  recommend  more  than  columns  of  paid  advertise- 
ments. 

Bishop's  House,  235  S.  Evans  Street, 

Denver,  Col.,  Dec.  9,  1S94. 
Rev.  D.  A.  Quixn  :— 

Rev.  and  Dear  Father — Your  very  kind  letter  and  the  books  you  so  kindly  sent  me 
came  to  hand.  As  you  will  see,  I  have  already  become  somewhat  familiar  with  your 
system  of  Stenotypy.  Whatever  the  hypocritical  may  think  about  it,  I  am  satisfied 
that  it  meets  a  long  felt  want.  I  have  often  been  wondering  that  someone  did  not 
invent  long  ago  some  system  of  shorthand  for  the  typewriter.  You  have  solved  the 
problem.  Perhaps  some  one  will  say  it  is  not  philosophical,  as  Mr.  Pittman  claims 
for  his  phonography.  No  matter,  if  it  does  the  work.  I  fear  some  one  will  claim 
and  try  to  wrest  from  you  the  glory  of  giving  us  a  new  invention  of  great  value.  At 
all  events  I  consider  you  an  inventor,  and  as  such,  I,  for  one,  shall  ever  be  most  grate- 
ful to  you.  This  is  the  second  letter  I  write  according  to  your  system.  The 
more  I  practice  it,  the  better  I  like  it.  I  have  written  to  Father  G — ,  of  Santa  Fe., 
recommending  it  and  urging  its  adoption  in  the  schools.  Like  every  good  thing  it  de- 
mands patience  and  practice.  But  the  person  who  has  the  courage  to  bestow  these  will 
be  amply  rewarded.  Now,  my  dear  Father  Quinn,  let  me  again  thank  you  for  sending 
me  this  work  of  yours.  I  assure  you  I  am  deeply  grateful  to  you  for  it  and  I  shall  nevei 
sit  down  to  my  machine  to  write  by  this  system  without  thinking  of  you,  and  learn- 
ing every  day  more  and  more  to  appreciate  the  boon  you  have  conferred  on  humanity 
by  your  system  of  stenotypy. 

Very  sincerely  yours  in  Xt., 

N.  C.  MATZ, 

Bishop  of  Denver. 

53 


The  Bishop  found  the  system  so  simple  that  he  wrote  the  above  letter  in  Stenotypy 
(almost  without  a  mistake)  after  less  than  one  week's  practice. 

In  a  letter  dated  February  5,  1895,  the  Bishop  wrote :  "  For  legibility  and 
rapidity  your  system  is  infinitely  preferable  to  any  of  the  known  systems  of  shorthand. 
The  fact  that  in  two  days  I  got  control  of  its  principles,  shows  how  easy  of  acquisition 
and  practical  your  invention  is.  For  those  who  have  neither  the  time  nor  aptitude  to 
learn  any  of  the  complicated  systems  in  vogue,  Stenotypy  is  invaluable." 

Note: — McKee,  in  his  introduction  to  his  "New  Rapid  '  Shorthand,  proves  that  Pitman's 
boasted  claim  to  philosophy  and  nature  is  a  false  allegation.  McKee  clearly  shows  that  most  of 
the  Pitmanic  loops,  hooks  and  vowels  are  used  in  direct  contradiction  to  his  (Pitman's)  principles. 
The  author  of  Stenotypy,  however,  fails  to  see  where  Mr.  McKee  has  given  a  better  substitute  for 
Pittman's  combinations.  McKee's  quintuple  vowel  system,  as  also  his  half,  whole  and  double 
length  strokes,  although  aiding  speed,  will  forever  remain  an  insurmountable  obstacle  to  legibility, 
which,  in  all  cases,  is  more  necessary  than  any  rate  of  speed. 


Chancellor's  Office, 

Diocese  of  Omaha,  Neb.,  Jan.  13,  1895. 
Rev.  D.  A.  Quinn  : 

Rev.  Dear  Sir — Having  heard  a  good  deal  spoken  of  your  system  of  shorthand  for 
the  typewriter,  please  send  me  the  book  of  instruction  and  bill  of  costs. 

Yours  in  Xto, 

Rev.  A.  M.  CALANERI, 

Chancellor. 

After  the  Rev.  Chancellor  received  the  book,  in  less  than  two  weeks  he  wrote  the 
Author  a  letter  in  Stenotypy,  which  evinced  a  thorough  knowledge  of  its  principles. 


Columbia,  Mo.,  Jan.  22,  1895. 
Rev.  D.  A.  Quinn  : 

Dear  Rev.  Sir — I  thank  you  very  heartily  for  your  copies  of  Stenotypy.  It  is  just 
the  needed  thing.  I  handed  the  second  copy  to  an  expert  typewriter  and  stenographer, 
who  declared  it  good.  Accept  again  my  thanks,  and  best  wishes  for  your  continued 
success. 

Yours  in  Xt, 

Rev.  L.  F.  O'REILLY. 

54 


St.  Paul's  Academy, 

St.  Paul,  Ore.,  Dec.  27,   1894. 
Rev.  D.  A.  Quinn: 

Dear  Rev.  Father — The  three  copies  of  Stenotypy  arrived  while  I  was  absent — 
hence  the  delay  in  acknowledging  the  great  favor  of  which  I  have  been  the  happy 
recipient,  and  which  I  appreciate  more  than  words  can  express.  The  Sister  who  has 
undertaken  to  learn  this  shorthand  typewriting  is  charmed  with  its  simplicity  and  the 
ease  in  attaining  a  practical  knowledge  of  this  time-saving  art.  With  heartful  thanks 
for  your  kindness,  and  wishing  you  all  the  joys  of  this  holy  season,  I  am,  dear  Rev. 
Father, 

Yours  in  Jesus  and  Mary, 

SISTER  M.  of  Jesus,  Sup'r. 


In  the  Providence  Visitor  of  October,  1S94,  (in  the  editorial  column)  it  was  stated 
that  stenographic  experts  had  examined  Father  Quinn's  system  of  Stenotypy  and  found 
that  it  possessed  the  merits  claimed  for  it  by  the  Author. 


The  following  letter,  dictated  by  the  Treasurer  of  the  American  Writing  Machine 
Co.,  will  show  what  obstacles  the  invalid  Author  of  Stenotypy  may  expect  to  en- 
counter. 

The  Caligraph  Writing  Machine  Co., 

Hartford,  Conn.,  Dec.  6,  1S93. 
Rev.  D.  A.  Quinn  : 

Dear  Sir — Your  letter  of  Dec.  5,  with  enclosures,  have  been  received.  It  is 
hardly  a  matter  we  can  decide  in  a  moment,  and  we  would  like  to  weigh  further 
before  taking  up  your  system  of  Stenotypy.  At  first  thought  we  are  inclined  to  believe 
that  it  would  be  a  damage.  We  should  certainly  secure  the  undying  hostility  of  the 
sc/100/s." 

Very  truly  yours, 

The  American  Writing  Machine  Co. 

Dictated  by  George  W.  Dickerman,  Treasurer. 

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